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04/08
We’re All Naked Underneath Our Avatars.
I have bad news for the parents of my generation. You’re not going to like this, but it’s better if you hear it from me rather than from someone else. We as a society are marching into the future, one step at a time, one small digital camera click away from immortality (or is that immorality?), and there’s something you need to know about the world that your new family is going to grow up in. What I’m going to tell you is to those of you out there with kids shopping in the toddler section, and specifically about your daughter. Now, you might want to sit down for this, because it’s not going to be pretty. But it’s the truth. At some point in her life and in yours, she is going to be naked on the internet. It’s true. I’m sorry. (more…)