Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy.

Great article about teens, etc, living their lives in the public.  I certainly know a few teens who do this, though not all.

Myself, being older, I still keep a type of semi-obscurity, though of course, I can be found.

The more spiritual question is, how much is the public exposure, a type of narcissism, and how much is "healthy"?

Being an "old fogey", I have quite a lot of sympathy to the opinion that it's all narcissism, the public display.  But, I'm probably bound by my own somewhat private nature, and the social nature I was raised in.

It's hard to know though. 

Kate's a bit older than me, and she seems to display both an awareness of the "share anything" vibe, and uses her life, and awareness, in mainly a very conscious way.  As well, a lot of the 20 something spiritual types tend to be fairly unself-conscious about using the "public internet" to share any ole thing.

Thoughts on this?