Whoa, Can I see that again?

Instant Replay. I almost didn't read this article because it appeared to be about the Superbowl and I am tired of hearing about it already. As it turned out though, it is a very interesting article about the birth of instant replay and every day life. And, how true it is. Never before has a person had so many devices available to capture "the moment" as they do today. Almost all cell phones come standard with high res cameras and the ability to instantly post them to any number of social networking sites. Hold on, Click, you have got to see what I just saw! And, with a couple clicks of the buttons, what you saw, is available for all your connected friends to see. I often wondered what would seem ancient to me when I got to be "old" like my grandparents. As I read the article and began writing this post it hit me, privacy, that is what is going to be the thing that is obsolete when I am in my golden years reminiscing about the good old days. We now live in a digitally instant era where instant replay is a fact of life. The average person is recorded many times just in the course of a normal trip to the bank and grocery store. The freeways are loaded with cameras and advances in facial recognition technology have made identification from these cameras instantly possible. Banks, hospitals, all major stores, ATM's, airports, bus terminals, convenience stores, etc, etc, etc. They all have cameras and technology that records your activities there for at least 30 days or more until it is recorded over. Allen Fundt coined the phrase and it has never been truer than the present, "Smile, you're on candid camera!" For my part, I prefer the phrase; "Everywhere I go, there I am" because in this day and age there's no denying it, instant replay can prove there I am!