Prick head Zuckerburg (please don't delete my FB account) has the largest stockpile of personal data ever compiled and you best believe that shit is getting thoroughly mined.
But what would the Silent Generation say about this obsession with ourselves? Because that's what it boils down to - this Social Media business. It is an obsession with airing our shit out so we can make others feel inferior or gain their sympathy or get them to buy our product or convince them of some cockamamie belief.
I can only speculate but this generation is defined by William Strauss and Neil Howe as an Artist/Adaptive generation born during a crisis, spending its rising adult years in a new high, spending its midlife in an awakening, and spending its old age in an unraveling. They were artistic leaders that have been advocates of fairness and the politics of inclusion, irrepressible in the wake of failure. Most counterculture figures were Silent Generation, including rock singers and individuals such as Ken Kesey, George Carlin, Allen Ginsberg, and Abbie Hoffman.
I suppose you could argue that this ultra high-tech connected society makes the world a better place - and maybe it does. But maybe it also gives nefarious scumbags the ultimate tool to exploit and create chaos. Just sayin - as I tweet this and post it on Facebook and Google+ - ؟
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