[lbo-talk] We Live in Public

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] What is more, how is the life under constant public surveillance via
internet different from the constant surveillance in small communities in
which most of the humankind lived until the 20th century (except perhaps
that you can switch the former off any time you want, but not so easily the
latter.)

The self-referential and self-worshiping aspects of the media always annoyed
me, but with internet based media this is reaching truly monumental
proportions.  Yuk.

Wojtek

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>wrote:


> I don't think I get this.  How is this different from performance art
> projects that have been going since long before the internet, except that
> it's less interesting?
>
> http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/
>
>
> We Live In Public is the story of the internet's revolutionary impact on
> human interaction as told through the incredible and tumultuous life story
> of internet pioneer and visionary Josh Harris. Both a visionary and a
> walking cautionary tale, Harris proved how in the not-so-distant future of
> life online, we willingly trade our privacy for the connection and
> recognition we all deeply desire. Through his experiments, including a
> six-month stint living under 24-hour live surveillance online which led him
> to mental collapse, he demonstrated the price we may well pay for living in
> public. (USA, 2009)
>
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