There’s an old superstition that if someone can create an image of you, they have power over you, even to the extent of imprisoning your soul.
In order to make this blog visible, I am taking the easy path. I let WordPress tie into my installation. And this morning I linked my G+ account, allowing WordPress to “manage” it, whatever that means.
Any chance of escaping the system, staying below the radar, preserving my digital independence, is gone. As the music group Kansas put it, it’s a fair exchange. If you want to be seen, you must abandon all hope of privacy.
Social media is an incredibly powerful information collection device, capturing much more than your image. I wonder if one day we will regret handing over such power to these enormous organizations.