I don't think it's going to take a 100 years Chris, I think it going to happen much faster than that, to that point it has already changed how we are today to an extent, where its going to be in even 25 years time from now makes me shudder.
Here is what else I have noticed, when I asked others about it apparently its a known thing to do;
There is a certain woman where I work that works in communications so Social media is part of her job, we have these profiles at work and you can post a profile picture if you wish, when you look at hers all you can see is her face, no neck, no background etc, you would think she is a very slender person and easy on the eyes. Not to be rude or judgmental but ummm,,,,,she is not. The trick is to hold the camera up over your head and take the photo while looking up at the camera. Not bad in itself but more so the reason people do it which is they always want to portray themselves as perfect on social media. This posting of perfection has a negative affect on others when their lives don't seem perfect in return. The fact that a lot of prolific SM users are celebrities with more money than brains only makes matters worse. What astounds me is that people like the Kar-trash-ions have millions of instagram followers, wtf is wrong with these people!
The other thing that I think is finally being realized by many, is the damage SM social warriors can inflict and how stupid people are for posting too much information about themselves, seems people in general are waking up to the fact the first thing an employer does when gets a resume is checks your facebook profile, so you better not have pictures from last weekends party with a big doob hanging out of your mouth grabbing the strippers boob.
I work in technology but for the most part I think it is a bad thing, we have become to reliant on it. I'm no prepper or doomsday guy but the reality is it will only take a solar flair at the right time, or some other sort of natural disaster to take out large sections of the power grid for god knows how long, people don't get paid, grocery stores don't get food, gas stations have no gas, you all know what happens next.
That's my rant for the day
You're probably right, it will happen sooner than 100 years. I just meant to say that in 100 years it will almost be a part of evolution, in the sense that most human minds will be programmed for instant gratification (you know, the instant "Like" or photo comment) to the point where it might actually create some serious behavioral or societal issues.
As far as the deceiving selfies go, I can tell you stories! My wife has a number of single friends (including my mother-in-law, her mom!) who are on dating sites such as Match.com and others. They take selfies all the time to post on their dating profiles, and I can't even begin to tell you how deceptive some of these photos are. She's shown me some of their dating profiles and the pictures they've posted, and I've met these women in real life. They don't even look remotely close to who they are pretending to be online.
They've taken the photos at all sorts of deceptive angles (usually with the camera from a birds eye view, looking down at their enormous cleavage), taken 20+ shots and chosen the best one, layered the photo with dozens of "filters" in their photo editing app, etc. The end result is an image that is like I said, deceptive.
The problem I see with that is that you're sort of false advertising. You show up to meet someone on a date, and they're instantly going to notice (even if they don't say it out loud) that you look a lot different than the photos you posted.
And then I can rant about how people seem to just willingly give away every single private detail about their life online, on websites that can be accessed by anyone. You might think they are private, but only a fool would be stupid enough to think that something online can only be seen by certain people. They post their every moment, location, etc., all to the public as if it's not private at all. I'll tell you what, the FBI and NSA probably LOVE social media, because it makes their job that much easier to keep tabs on people.
You're right too, the first place most employers look nowadays is Google and social media. All they have to do is look up your name and find everything about you. They can see your pictures, your friends, where you've been, etc. I actually know a few people who run companies and they said that they turn down countless numbers of applicants for open job positions after going through their social media accounts and finding things like photos of them drunk as hell, doing drugs, and behaving like irresponsible people. If you want to keep that stuff to yourself, that's fine, but posting things like that on social media? You're obviously stupid if you don't think that reflects on your resume.
I too work in technology, and while social media does have some positives to it, I think the overall addiction to social media and the negatives far outweigh the positives. This is of course my opinion, but go into your local bar, a tourist attraction, or just about anywhere for that matter. People are glued to their phones 24/7, and if you take a peak over their shoulder, it's almost
always social media that they're interacting with.
I really do fear for the future of humanity. The only thing I can possibly do is avoid social media myself, and keep my kids as far away from it for a long as possible (and hope that they too choose to abstain from it when they are adults as well).
I probably sound like some paranoid crazy man, but all you have to do is look around you these days. People are becoming more-and-more self-aborbed and completely unaware.
