Technology with all the convenience it brings can be a nuisance sometimes. the age of the digital camera means that images can be captured and instantly distributed all over the globe thanks to the world wide web. Great if you are out to sell something and need to show visual samples, bad if you are caught doing something "goofy" at a party and just like that the embarrassing and undesirable images are plastered all over the world.
Just yesterday I received an email with photographs of a person I know, a certain high ranking business executive, "caught in the act" with a workmate. Firstly just by looking at the photos they were not caught. caught would imply the photographic evidence was captured without their knowledge. These were photos they took of each other in the bedroom, bathroom and other places while they engaged in various intimate acts.
Nothing out of the ordinary, these days. I have on several occassion seen similar types of photographs that lovers often take of each other. I suppose just a mental memory is no longer enough, we now need digital images to reminisce. Or could it be our egos at play. A guy will want to prove to his "boys" that indeed he is the one who is "in the mix" so to speak.
The problem comes in when their parties access this content and use for their own purposes, often not good. just ask Michael Phelps who suffered a terrible PR crisis and lost millions in sponsorship for an image released showing him having a little fun at what was supposed to be a private party.
Granted people, and especially those in prominent positions, should not be acting irresponsibly, however we are all human and what I do in the "privacy" of my own home or hotel room or anywhere else private should be respected. Sadly due to the advances in technology, this is becoming harder. The world is becoming smaller due to technology and so too is the scrutiny we are all under. They say big brother watching. Indeed he is, and so too is little sister, the cousin, uncles, aunts, the neighbours and lots more.
Technological advancement...Gift or Curse?
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