 |
| Source |
We all live in glass houses in this digital age.
I write about this loss of privacy in my YA fiction, and the idea just won’t stop cropping up in the real world. Athletes and celebrities seem to take the brunt of the public eye, but they’re not the only ones anymore. It spans such a huge range of situations, from the embarrassing to the criminal.
I can’t help wondering what it will mean for our society in the long run. Will it make us better, eventually, knowing that someone’s always watching us? Or will it just expose more of the darkness we already fear exists?
The ugliness weighs on me, as a woman, a mother, and a Christian. We have access to multitudes of information and countless people in the palm of our hands, and what do we do with it? Threaten and intimidate? I’m not sure what’s worse, the hatred or the indifference.
I don’t have any real answers. But over the next few weeks, I’m challenging myself to use this technology that’s supposed to make our lives better and easier for something good. I hope you’ll take on that challenge, too.
Music for today: Lightening Bolt by Jake Bugg
