In nation of exhibitionists, there's still a demand for privacy
January 15, 2010
Just weeks after the Supreme Court took a landmark case featuring a demand for greater communication privacy, many took to Facebook to reveal the color of the bra they were wearing. It is the paradox of the cyber era: A nation of exhibitionists demanding privacy. The real revolution of the Internet has been to make personal disclosure routine. Some, via Twitter, Facebook and the like, have taken to afflict others with a constant stream of their random thoughts -- an avocation that a columnist has no business to criticize. Less understandable to me are the revelations once reserved for the most intimate friends. Transparency has become disconnected from intimacy.
In nation of exhibitionists, there's still a demand for privacy