A single nanowrimo note before I dig into things. I copied Sam and put in a nanowrimo widget. Gary challenged me and as you can see is being hopelessly dominated in my whirlwind of wicked writing. Now moving on to sillier things:
Slashdot was carrying a story today about a new “Opensource” social networking site. It’s not open source as in the code is available for download (though it probably is). The founder (SFW) wanted to create a place where poeple could be completely open. As in a person can publish themselves under the GNU. The objective is to write as openly as possible and even post naked pictures of one’s self not to be erotic or sexual but just to be open.
Its basically a dumb idea because people aren’t that open with eachother for a reason. One look at my dream journal reminds me of why I don’t share it with everyone. People are complicated and you can’t just write out in bullets who they are. Full disclosure means talking about your deepest fears and darkest tempations. Sure everyone has them but they don’t leave them out to be seen because no one wants to see it. Thats why we wear clothes because we’re all much more comfortable that way.
On a deeper note: If you are 100% open with everyone than you can’t confide in anyone because you’ve already give away all your secerets and intimacy disapears in face of a flooded market.