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You Love Your iPhone. Literally. - NY Times

This article misses the point a bit as the iPhone is a marvel of technology yes, but it’s really a conduit to a people feeling the “boon” of a larger social network at their fingertips. THAT, is what people are falling in love with…being a micro-celebrity, or more infectious, the “pursuit” of celebrity. With every post or status update, a universe of hundreds or even thousands awaits to not only reciprocate but also leverage in order to virally grow their own network in the same fashion. We’re in the midst of a new online social hierarchy where people are now motivated to buy an iPhone app on how to “get” more followers on Tumblr or Instagram.

This manifests itself to the point where people are more interested in manipulating their “offline” social scene in order to create appealing content that enhances their “online” social status. This inverted set of priorities affects how we interact in social settings, who we choose to spend time with, etc…

Micro-celebrity has permeated itself into the fabric of our society. The resulting friction across generations will be the continued conversations of our times.

While I’m all for the evolution of the bike culture, I can’t help but think that history will not reflect kindly on this unfortunate offspring. I suppose that I’d still rather see people doing “jazzercise on a bike” than imitating droids on segways. Yeah?
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While I’m all for the evolution of the bike culture, I can’t help but think that history will not reflect kindly on this unfortunate offspring. I suppose that I’d still rather see people doing “jazzercise on a bike” than imitating droids on segways. Yeah?

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