Generation S (S. for sharing) has lost sight of prior
privacy norms, and now freely shares. Some,
as the title suggest, freely share all. Compounding the issue, the internet
doesn't forget: so our embarrassing antics at the last holiday party will
forever haunt us, remaining in some Google searchable archive of some Facebook
page. The problem with all this TMI, forever seared into our collective hard
drive, runs deeper than the emotional distress of seeing an ex enjoying
themselves, even as we wallow in misery.
Sharing is trending to more than just 140 character snippets of the
banality of our lives. With the advent
of digital medical files and easily available personal genomic sequencing, the ability to easily share heretofore very
private medical and/or genetic information could have serious consequences, particularly
for the relatives of sharers, who although share common genetic information, might
wisely not share this penchant for sharing.
Dov Greenbaum JD PhD
Mark Gerstein PhD
Unpublished Letter to the Editor
Pamela Paul's "Don't Tell me, I Don't Want to Know" (2/10/12)
NY Times, Fashion Section
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/fashion/tmi-i-dont-want-to-know.html?pagewanted=all
Some really useful slides here. I've been looking for something like this to help with a research piece I've been working on.
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