Less filth. Less fun. Less candour. We are experiencing the Hawthorne effect, in whichstudying behaviour alters the behaviour itself, writ large. And while greater transparency may be one of the main outcomes, greater inhibition is no less so.

　　Hawthorne effect 霍桑效应(指工人、学生等因受到研究人员的关注而增加产量或提高成绩)

　　To a large extent, this is a problem of our own making. Our personal diaries are, in no small part, an open book because we open them. We put details about ourselves out into the ether that often forfeit our right to privacy. It is now not uncommon to see relationships disintegrate in real time as long-term partners air grievances openly online.

　　to a large extent 在很大程度上

　　forfeit n. 没收物，罚金 v. 没收，丧失 a. 被没收，被罚

　　The personal, the private, the privileged and the confidential no longer really exist. The stories we would otherwise choose not to share are no longer ours to keep; the conversations we hope will go no further may just keep traveling. A remark may be off-the-cuff or off-the-top-of-your-head but nowadays, you must always assume its on the record.

　　Question time:

　　1. Whats the influence on politics when the limits of candour are constantly breached?

　　2. Why did the auther say that the personal, the private, the privileged and the confidential no longer really existed?

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