[Cryptography] Privacy, Code, and the Future

[Andrew Lee]

Dear John,

I’m not sure if this is the right way to look at things.

> When the "privacy" involves hiding money, it's a quite reasonable assumption.
> 

I can think of many legitimate reasons to privately engage in commerce from health privacy among other things.

> 
> Sorry, but saying that over and over again doesn't make it true.
> 
> Having been involved in some actual lawmaking, I can assure you that slippery slope arguments
> are unpersuasive.  Judges have no trouble telling the difference between a web browser and
> a crypto mixer.

If a statement is true, it’s true.

Narrow-minded lawmakers may ignore slippery slope arguments, and that’s where bad laws are born.

But anyone building laws for the long term will absolutely account for that slope.

Lawmaking is a balance: too strong laws and you’re paralyzed by regulation, but too weak and you’re paralyzed by anarchy.

Make no mistake, we’re sliding toward regulatory paralysis.

-Andrew

Note: Resent with formatting changes per list rules.  We don’t have anarchy here! :-)
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