I first got into this media after realizing how often people take pictures and videos of each other without consent, sharing them on social media while the individuals often remain blissfully unaware. I came across a post that perfectly illustrates this issue. Do you think the woman in this photo will ever find out she's become famous on Reddit for the wrong reasons? I doubt it. Someone on the road, alongside her, snapped a candid picture while she was going about her day, and shared it on social media. Yet, the critics and trolls get upset when we do the same. They seem fine with freedom as long as it doesn't infringe on others’ comfort. Do I feel sorry for this woman? Not really. This is the price of freedom—minor discomforts and inconveniences that allow us to remain the freest nation possible. This is what free press and free speech look like outside the media conglomerates: the ability to share in a constantly evolving digital world, which includes both the positive and the uncomfortable. Ironically, those who criticize others for exercising their freedoms are also using their own free speech to voice their discontent, often without realizing the contradiction in their stance against freedom. Neither the haters, nor a huge segment of our population are even remotely capable of understanding just how often we will be filmed everyday in the coming decade. Glasses I can wear on Amazon, without a light signaling I’m filming, can be purchased for $90. They let you record for 90 minutes straight. In a decade these may be reduced to contact lenses and other discrete items you can record your life, everyone in it, without anyone even knowing until they accidentally find themselves featured on a form of media somewhere.
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I first got into this media after realizing how often people take pictures and videos of each other without consent, sharing them on social media while the individuals often remain blissfully unaware. I came across a post that perfectly illustrates this issue. Do you think the woman in this photo will ever find out she's become famous on Reddit for the wrong reasons? I doubt it. Someone on the road, alongside her, snapped a candid picture while she was going about her day, and shared it on social media. Yet, the critics and trolls get upset when we do the same. They seem fine with freedom as long as it doesn't infringe on others’ comfort. Do I feel sorry for this woman? Not really. This is the price of freedom—minor discomforts and inconveniences that allow us to remain the freest nation possible. This is what free press and free speech look like outside the media conglomerates: the ability to share in a constantly evolving digital world, which includes both the positive and the uncomfortable. Ironically, those who criticize others for exercising their freedoms are also using their own free speech to voice their discontent, often without realizing the contradiction in their stance against freedom. Neither the haters, nor a huge segment of our population are even remotely capable of understanding just how often we will be filmed everyday in the coming decade. Glasses I can wear on Amazon, without a light signaling I’m filming, can be purchased for $90. They let you record for 90 minutes straight. In a decade these may be reduced to contact lenses and other discrete items you can record your life, everyone in it, without anyone even knowing until they accidentally find themselves featured on a form of media somewhere.
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