The Big Mirror

This comes via Gordon McLean, and it’s a bit of a mind-fuck, but so insightful nonetheless… It’s The Big Mirror and it invites you to step back, turn off your monitor and what do you see?

Yourself, if the light is right…

I call this The Big Mirror and it might help explain why Steven Levy, a white guy, looks into his monitor and sees only white guys. At least, it’s the only explanation I can think of for how he might have missed all the fantastic blogging women out there. (I could go on and on and on.)

The Big Mirror also explains why pissed off angry people look into the web and see only pissed off angry people. Why sad depressives see sad depressives. And why boundless optimists see through a rose-colored monitor. We see ourselves – our fears and hopes and insecurities – everywhere we go.

That faint reflection of ourselves is always there, both literally and metaphorically. So the next time someone tells you about how everyone online is a freaky child molester, ask yourself, what do they see when they look in the mirror?

Ain’t that the truth?

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One response to “The Big Mirror”

  1. mark Avatar

    great perspective.