BACKSTRIP


Words about people, information, and the space in between.
Plus other things. By David Kidd


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25 May 2009

The kids are okay

Clay Shirky has a funny name. Because of that, some people find it hard to take him seriously. That’s a damn shame, because everyone really needs to listen to stuff like this:

People my age tut-tut at kids, telling them that we wouldn’t have put those photos up [on Facebook] when we were young, but we’re lying. We’d have done it in a heartbeat, but no one ever offered us the chance. Now that kids have these capabilities, it falls to us to keep our prurient interest in their personal lives in check.

Mull over the rest of Clay’s short missive here.