We're Not Alone

Check out these videos of a local politician hosting a debate on healthcare reform in Tampa. What's fascinating is that every fifth person is making a video of the fracas.



We're all the media now.



From Slate:



There is something vaguely embarrassing—even narcissistic—about our new era of mass photography. Because we're always carrying cameras, we're moved to document every moment of our lives—sometimes to the exclusion of actually experiencing that moment. Take a look at this picture of Barack and Michelle Obama at one of the inaugural balls. Everyone in the audience has a hand up with a cell phone pointed at the stage, but nobody is actually looking at what's going on. The scene…