Sunday reading 2: Today’s metaphor is still Big Brother—but it’s the TV show, not the sinister presence of the George Orwell novel. In this reality TV show, the public watches what goes on inside a house fully monitored by surveillance cameras. But here’s the twist: we are both voyeurs and exhibitionists, for we have also turned the cameras on ourselves so that the surveillance can be mutual. We don’t just like to watch, like Chance the gardener in Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There. We like to be watched as well. It’s time to update Socrates for the era of selfies and YouTube: the unwatched life is not worth living. Arda Esen)
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:18:18 +0000
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