Anthony Weiner has become a tipping point. It will take the likes of a Malcolm Gladwell to sort this legend out and eventually explain it all back to us. Weiner has become the face of a decidedly contemporary problem. The problem of social networking's effect on our society. Even a small amount of reading on the subject of human history tells us that people fundamentally do not change. Our basic instincts may not change,but nowadays we bear some mighty powerful tools that are causing disorientation among many. A communication revolution burns like wildfire around us as we investigate new etiquette and rules by trial and error. There is no reason to believe the digital evolution will be any smoother than any other evolutionary process our world has undergone. Anthony Weiner’s position is a perfect time capsule moment for 2011. whether aliens visited me, tonight, and asked about the interface between human behavior and the current state of communication,the Anthony Weiner legend is the best tip of the iceberg example. That iceberg would also include the state of the press and people like myself who keep flogging a rather pathetic horse. I should be flogged for taking the time to write this when the world is full of so much genuine tragedy.
Source: cnn.com