the irony of online social networking

[tantrumgalore]

"For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful.  Having a public, keeping a public in mind, means living in lies…
A man who loses his privacy loses everything,

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[tantrumgalore]

Had to look it up. ;-) And yes! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle#Uncertainty_principle_versus_observer_effect

Funny, another friend sent out this scientific essay about light and shadow today, completely unrelated to the fact that I'm reading this book of course, but I connected it to the thematic title nevertheless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/opinion/20wertheim.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Thanks for the lesson! :-)

Viva la science! :-)