With all of the available social networking sites, I feel that it is nearly impossible to conceal your identity these days. I never thought that there would come a time where I would type my own name into Google and pictures of me, my friends, and private information would show up. However, I do not fully blame the digital age for this so called "invasion of privacy." After all, although it may not seem like it, being on facebook, twitter, or myspace is a choice that we each consciously make. It is similar to the whole cell phone phenomenon that has be on increase since the 80s to the effect that now even eight year olds are walking around with iphones. I think the general consensus for being so public is that people do not want to lose communication. Also, people enjoy talking and sharing things about their own lives.
I remember my history teacher in high school refused to get a cell phone. He also went on rants that "he never had to have a cell phone before and people still found a way to contact him." This was during my sophomore year. I also remember visiting him senior year and noticing the surprisingly obvious cell phone attached to his belt. He is not to blame for giving in to the technological temptations. These types of gadgets have allowed people to create their own identities, or at least public personas in the way Karl Jung describes them to be. They are what we put out there for the world to know and judge but not who we really are. I bet you could type the name of any person you know into facebook or Google and come up with a brief summary of "who they are." However if you asked them this very same question, i doubt you would get the same answer.
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