We all want to know the new features for the next iPhone, the newest technological advancements and the best way to make our lives more convenient. But something happens when this new “thing” comes out. We scream “Big Brother” and shout in anger.
We complain and petition about how the new iOS 7 is too “complicated.” Well, I am here to say that while I agree with the iPhone thing, we need to decide whether we want to live in a technologically advanced world or if we are just going to keep slowing down the best minds of our generation. Make the decision quick because this is exactly what Facebook has been going through since they announced their new system for advertising on your wall.
Facebook has released some groundbreaking technology that takes your Internet search history and turns it into relatable advertisements. This is done to show ads targeted to you, not some random 30-second ad that comes up before your favorite cat video. I’m talking to you, YouTube. When I first saw the ads, I realized that I actually wasn’t the only one that wanted Hello Kitty collectibles. This was until I realized that Facebook had been collecting information on my incessant Hello Kitty Google searches.
Listen: Mark Zuckerberg is our friend and he does not want us to fear. He knows that initially, it is only natural for us to be hesitant when it comes to the invasion of our privacy. I only ask of you to imagine a world in which we embrace this technology. The day could come when everything we see, think and search is regularly and systematically internalized into a system and then regurgitated into advertisement form. Our Google glasses would find a whole new meaning when Corporate America realizes they can record what we see and what we do.
It is dire that people start to become more open-minded and willing, like me. Enough of these old, hairy people with their “paranoia” of Big Brother taking over our lives. I say I love you, Big Brother and I want you to come over for dinner. I say Big Brother, I am your advocate and I will agree with anything you say, insofar as it makes my life easier. And if it does the opposite, I’d be willing to negotiate maybe a six month contract instead of two years.
Two years only, you say? OK, sorry. I’ll have a $200 Droid with that too, Verizon.
For anyone who is weary that “this is only the beginning” and that one day Facebook is going to “take it too far,” you tell them that luckily, they’re right. Why wouldn’t we want Facebook collecting our personal information for them to make more money? What would we do with all that information anyways — be some private loser? Do you want to be a loser?
Didn’t think so.
So, give it away. Give it all away and go into this new world with open arms. Pay no attention to their baby step approach to taking our privacy away. And if your arms are chained because someone thought that the information they collected on you was “unpatriotic,” don’t worry. Your profile picture still looks really, really cool.
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