Comment: What seems to be missed in the comments

is that I'm not advocating us considering get rid of any type of privacy AT ALL. The topic was brought up (as clearly stated in the OP) to spark conversation about maybe we could fix some problems that are exposed by our incessant need for privacy in every aspect of life these days.

To further clarify, in the oh so great 50's, life was much easier and everyone thinks it was grand. People didn't spend 10-20% (or whatever) of their time actively trying to keep things private from companies, banks, government, etc. People just let things stay private and they did. What has changed since then?

We now have a society where every aspect of living can and often is compromised on morals just to make a buck. Spammers only exist to make money. Government can only buy out lackies because those people can't otherwise earn an equal living. Banks can only buy out government politicians because there's money in it. Every aspect of our lives is going down the sewer because people are broke.

In short, we've allowed and supported the banks in tying our social standing to our wealth and then the banks quietly inflated our money from us and wham, bam... we're divided, conquered and fighting over which person gets the best spammer job.

So what do we do? Do we fix the monetary equity problem? Hell no. Instead, we spend ever more time and money fighting to keep our stuff private in more and more areas of our lives.