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T.M.I. - I Don't Want to Know - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • The whole system is giving very ambitious people much less chance to reinvent themselves,” said Jaron Lanier, author of “You Are Not a Gadget,” and the change is less dramatic. Who would Bob Dylan end up as, he wondered, if Zimmerman were there with him the whole time?
    • kandice miller
      kandice miller on 23 Feb 12
       
      Jaron Lanier is a naysayer, who makes a very valid point. Social media getting into our heads, and not in a good way. It's slowly but surely turning our world into self conscience creeps. Lanier's comment about Bob Dylan makes me think that the reason for his success had to do with the fact that, "he did him." His unique style made him who he was as an artist. Could we be just as unique without the constant thought of what our "friends" on facebook or twitter would think?
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  • Sure, you can unfollow, unsubscribe, de-link or tune people out. “At least the Internet gives us the option of blocking them, consigning them to oblivion forever,” Andy Borowitz, a humorist, “shared” in an e-mail. “The only equivalent option in the real world is strangulation.”
    • kandice miller
      kandice miller on 23 Feb 12
       
      Andy Borowitz is a naysayer because he is stating the fact that social networks give someone the ability to block another person. Which would get rid of their problem of always having to see what they were doing. 
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