Episode #57 of STODID

In this episode of STODID (click here to listen) I interview Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. My interview with Mr. Harper focuses on various topics presented in his book Identity Crisis: How Identification Is Overused and Misunderstood. During the interview I ask Jim to expand on some of the concepts presented in his book, such as:

- How the identification process is as important to human survival as the air we breath

- How identification is an indispensable form of social, economic and civic "glue"

- Anonymity's critical role in people's ability to craft their identity

- The distinction between identification and authorization

- The ills resulting from governments promotion of global unique identifiers

- The "credentialing" industry, a market perhaps as large and important as financial transactions and communications markets

Related Links:

- Mr. Harper is the editor of Privacilla.org, a Web-based think tank devoted exclusively to privacy

- Mr. Harper's blog at the Cato Institute

- He also maintains an online federal spending resource at WashingtonWatch.com

- Buy the book at Amazon:

 

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