There is a difference between privacy, vanity, and self-erasure. Modern performance culture collapses all three into one way of life, rewarding artificiality while hollowing out the person beneath it. What begins as image management can end in the loss of the self.
Excellent article Sarah. While reading the Tier One paragraph I was reminded of many of my high school teachers from 1967-1969 who were proud of their teaching profession and didn't share their personal lives with us. It garnered our respect for them, unlike the all to often headlines we read these days of middle school and high school teachers having inappropriate relationships with their students.
I feel our society is without moral leaders at the moment with neither political party presenting individuals for office that offer us a compelling reason to vote for them. I fear for the future of our country and for our grandchildren.
Thoughtful article. I am pondering much about the Internet and how we should engage with it for my series on the Technological Christian.
Excellent article Sarah. While reading the Tier One paragraph I was reminded of many of my high school teachers from 1967-1969 who were proud of their teaching profession and didn't share their personal lives with us. It garnered our respect for them, unlike the all to often headlines we read these days of middle school and high school teachers having inappropriate relationships with their students.
I feel our society is without moral leaders at the moment with neither political party presenting individuals for office that offer us a compelling reason to vote for them. I fear for the future of our country and for our grandchildren.
I would say most of our leaders are in fact followers. Literal actors there to maintain an illusion. Puppets for the powerful.
Very good article!