"I live in Hollywood, and I can’t understand the idea of volunteering information about your social network in a town where less than 50 years ago people were investigated by [the House Un-American Activities Committee] and asked to testify about their social networks so politicians could deem whether they were enemies of the state. Sure, social networking now isn’t a liability, but the idea that you would give up that information is fucking bananas."

Person of Interest creator Jonathan Nolan, io9 interview, 2011-10-05