Social totalitarianism

Says that man - a social animal, Aristotle was far from the truth. Living in society, brought up in a society accepting the rules and regulations set by the environment - a person acquires certain ideals and adjusts its behavior to please them. We educate, polishing identity and consciousness, personality and clearing germinating as a decent member of society. But the question arises: who is of our society?

The first group, in which we find ourselves, it is our family. The closest people who in general present us with the outside world. Some features of the behavior we are told about others, we learn from the experience (successful or not successful). And after we come out into the light.

By the end of the twentieth century, the range of people with whom we could communicate - was extremely small. Friends of the yard, kindergarten, first grade, and some adults, who were friends of the parents. So it was before, but it does not mean it will last forever.

The Internet has given us a new opportunity, we are interested in finding people and communicate with them. Greater freedom in the choice of interlocutors, the destruction of geographical boundaries and leveling distance. But it requires a return?

The recent announcement by Microsoft shocked the audience. It was declared the official collection of all the information about the user, which he places on the PC, and through it to any network. What once was engaged (and continues to) Google - no surprise. Mac OS and IOS also gather information about the user, but provide protection from spammers and their ilk.

It is necessary to accept the fact that man is not alone. Living among their own kind, we closely integrate into the general body, making it completely voluntarily. The Internet has become the place dreamed of supporters utopias. It creates a common language (smiles Imps), ensured equality (all users of social networks are exactly the same configuration, function, structure of the pages). We are free to talk to any of the methods offered in the exchange - putting themselves at risk to be heard by unauthorized people (starting with curiosity and ending spammer authorized officer). But this price is acceptable.

We get used to external observation. We know that watching us. We understand that this can be used for good or harm us. But we cannot abandon the network capabilities. We cannot, and should not be.