“I just don’t understand why others need to know that you’re going to bed, or that you’re at the store,” were the exasperations from my parents when I first described Twitter and Facebook to them.  But that confusion is the modern analog of the usefulness of motion pictures or public libraries when they first appeared, or why aircraft carriers are now the kings of naval warfare and not battleships:  the core nature of what’s taking place has evolved.

What is taking place is not simply communicating every act we perform (however lofty of insipid), but offering our experience for others to take part. read more »