Friday, August 31, 2007

How to Close a Door

The other day I asked a question. The idea was that people would put some thought into the answer. Would want to know who was asking and why. Instead the responses were general and more indicative of individuals who want to give but, not take.

That's how we live. Detached. Everybody is afraid of making actual contact despite the popularity of things like blogs and facebook. The fascination is the anonymity. We want to express and not interact. We want others to speak with us without speaking with them. We want to remain circumferential.

What facebook got right is that we do want to connect with other people. We just want to do it from behind bullet proof glass.