As a healthy 30 year old male, both physically and mentally, I have a strong aversion to intimacy, openness and emotion. I therefore like to keep areas of my life hidden even from those who know me best. This includes pockets of friends who don’t get introduced,
This penchant for needless secrecy has stood me well in the past, but as the prevalence of social Networking grows, it all goes out the window.
As the infiltration rate of Facebook hits a hundred per cent for my generation this segregation becomes redundant.
So is this a positive thing? Is it a coming of age for the last vestiges of adolescent insecurity? Or is ripping down these barriers actually removing a sense of personal identity, and leading us closer to that Orwellian vision of the future. Animal Farm.
Answers on a post card please!
