Yes, surprises are wonderful. Sometimes random chance produces a great outcome -- sometimes it doesn't. Saying that making these decisions is "playing God" or that we aren't wise enough to make them is a cop out. Either you're saying that you have no preference and all outcomes are equal -- or that the choices are too hard.

The choices are hard -- avoiding them isn't the answer. As Stewart Brand said, "We are as gods and might as well get good at it."

So I can't even use my own video camera to get street scenes without infringing on your privacy?

If you're in public don't do anything you wouldn't want your mother to know about. The right to privacy in public is oxymoronic.