DISQUS

C.C. Chapman · 2 years ago

A VERY powerful post indeed. One that I hope everyone takes the time to digest.

The green tint on everything was a nice touch.

Kevin Kennedy-Spaien · 2 years ago

Well demonstrated, Chris. Now that employment screenings often include searching facebook etc, people do need to take this stuff much more seriously.

That's not to say abstain from participating, but rather be aware that online contexts are not necessarily discrete, and share information accordingly

kathryn jones · 2 years ago

fascinating.... one of the reasons I think I have been a little leery of twitter...although I did take your advice and register all my "brand names' with twitter....I have a passionate mission, and I am passionate about pursuing it via the internet... but I often feel a perhaps false sense of protection from my new, married, and oh so anonymous last name....hmmm.....how protected am I?

Whitney Hoffman · 2 years ago

Great Post, Chris!

I strongly recommend Strengthsquest and Strengthsfinder for students and adults- they even have one for kids age 10 and above, to start to hone in on their natural talents and how to turn them into real super powers. It'll surely be an integral part of the long awaited new media book club.

Whitney

Financial Aid News · 2 years ago

Interesting read - thanks for putting it together. Now to figure out how to manipulate the Matrix...

David Finch · 2 years ago

An EXTREMELY informative post. It's so easy to forget, "Once it is in the machine, it is nearly impossible to get it out."

Thanks for the needed reminder.

John Buckley · 2 years ago

A Fascinating and compelling post, if somewhat disturbing. The only way NOT to be visible is to abdicate from the web entirely.(Not a viable option for most)

Even in that event though, the integrated nodal system of the near future will still provide hundreds of entry points at which you will appear. The only thing left I guess, is to bring the data stream into absolute real-time and provide predictive pattern tracking software to analyze your likely locations when you're not adverstising your status yorself.

Privacy is set to become a very expensive commodity! :)

Shaunigan · 2 years ago

I applaud you for the lucid and straight forward demonstration. I wrote a guide to taking responsibility for your image on my blog following discussions I facilitated at ECIS with dozen of deans of admissions (http://www.internationalcounselor.org/?p=106). Martin Walsh of Stanford writes in the recent edition of the International Educator on this theme: "...once information is posted to the web, the right to privacy is gone." Furthermore, he indicates that deans "may need to good a candidate for admission to verify information or to learn more about an award given..."

I am also a BIG fan of strengthsquest. You can see my screencast to learn more about it: http://www.internationalcounselor.org/?p=91

Justin Kownacki · 2 years ago

Very true, and from a pessimist's persepctive, this absolute lack of anonymity could be disturbing.

From the optimist's point of view, this means that we now have even more ways to stay connected with the people we WANT to be connected with, and -- like every other form of human interaction since cavemen were peering through the mists at each other -- there are always ways to avoid the people you don't want to see (or be seen by).

The real question, as mentioned above, is: How do we utilize (or game) the system?

Maurice · 2 years ago

Very true Chris, and a very nice metaphore with Matrix 2.0. You see that it all is because of transperancy, where in the offline world you can keep certain things away from your surrounding world (eg, does your boss knows what your hobbies are, or what you ate last night?) we create in the online world a certain transperancy that gives the scenario you described.

Very true to be wise on how to use that.

Andy Osier · 2 years ago

Really good article! So is it a really bad idea to have your birth date public?

Shawn Monk · 2 years ago

Excellent post! Too often users don't realize how little snippets of information can be aggregated so easily into something that probably reveals more than they really want to have released!

Evo Terra · 2 years ago

I've been having an ongoing conversation with a friend for years regarding the issue of privacy. We've manage to convince one another that the world would be a much better place i *no one* had any. No, not very practical. But highly entertaining to speculate on.

I think there are two kinds of folks living in the world you describe -- those of us who know it's all available, and those that don't. I'm in the first batch and fully understand the risks -- and rewards -- of living out loud. But so many others don't, and get really scared when they find out how much they have shared.

But I think those folks are seeing their numbers dwindle. And maybe they are just "transitionary". What happens when the next generation really understands it? How will they live their lives with fewer secrets? Can't wait to find out!

E.

mica · 2 years ago

Talk about the Matrix--I flipped out when I saw this thing:
(http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/)

druckerpatronen · 6 months ago

It was powerfull few yaers ago, but not now :)

druckerpatrone · 3 months ago

Good Article Chris.
Thats the other side of Web 2.0