Media for the masses

And so it begins. Or already has a few days ago, to the pilot of this page as we see it.

The entry of the blog to the Internet some time back, which might be heralded in later years as a means of supplying personal histories for the public to view.

Well, I'm pretty much still thinking about the services of Blogspot, and am considering whether it was a good use of time to be spending, keying in my everyday details for other people to read. Gone are the days where diary-writers would scream in indignation when their siblings or likewise would chance upon their books and look at every detail written down. No, not today. Let the world know what I ate today, where I shopped, and the pictures of the rotten tomatoes that fellow in the market tried to sell to me. Lament about a poor sex life and so many things that was once considered private.

Privacy? Hah! The concept today is almost as gone as the Age of Reason. Who'd have thought that there might have been the presence of an all-seeing eye of Big Brother, and I don't mean God. Cameras describing our every move, satellites to enhance this, bringing about the reality of a 1984-ish situation, minus the extremely stringent restrictions.

Such a scenario has yet to take form, though it would be hopeful to take a fancy that it would come about as the prophets of doom might put it.

To put it shortly, which one would you prefer? The masses paying attention to your daily life with the filteration of your consent, or a select group of people without yours truly. One might go along the path of ridicule as people may or may not marvel at your daily experience, depending on how you portray yourself and your day. The other, having awareness on what you do, and whether the minor attentions to your life are worth their while in the long run, whatever the long run has in store for them.

As time changes, we realize that the pros and cons change as well, but the fundamentals stay the same.



Just a thought.