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I buy your analogy and it resonates with me. But I was referring to our "personal data".

The car transports us from one place to another without taking/owning a piece of us.

Smartphones take a piece of us, our memories and what shapes our identities...all that make us who we think we are.

"Personal Identity depends on consciousness not on substance” ― John Locke




Many people see no real difference. They don't really care that their personal data being used, because it's so ephemeral, untouchable.




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