Neil Richards introduced the concept of intellectual privacy and its importance to open inquiry and free expression:

Freedom of thought and freedom of speech are our most valuable civil liberties because on them depend our lifelong intellectual and emotional development and satisfaction. Sampling ideas, viewpoints, and aesthetics without being unduly judged by or associated with them are part of learning, maturing, becoming individuals, figuring out the world on our own terms. We need the free, unmonitored ability to think, read, and speak with confidants before presenting our ideas for public consumption.

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Richards, N. (2015, March 16). The electronic panopticon. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-electronic-panopticon/