Not Me

Try as we might, we cannot escape ourselves

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Right now, two-thirds of all Americans own a smartphone. By the end of 2016, there will be 2 billion smartphones in use worldwide.

That means 2 billion smartphone cameras in constant daily use, all snapping candids, taking selfies, documenting mo­ments of forced happiness. And that means at least 2 billion daily posts to social-media sites, with tags and comments and retweets and shares.

Rob Long

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Rob Long

Rob Long is a writer and producer and a co-founder of Ricochet.

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