Analysis Of Josh Moore's 'We Live In Public'

Introduction

After the introduction of the computer was cheerfully applied by society, the Internet, perhaps thé invention of the 20th century, strongly intensified its significant role in our ways of communication. Through the collaboration of scientists, researchers, mathematicians, and even philosophers and businessmen, the world wide web started to connected thousands of households from the 90's on, and has grown ever since. For a long time the general public had little to no idea what to expect of the Internet. However, the option to share information instantly over long distances would quickly outnumber the channels provided by television stations. Fast increase of internet users demanded a technological revolution to explore the
In 1993 he became the founder of Pseudo.com, which was an interactive website for live audio and video webcasting that even came to threaten the existence of large television stations like MTV. Somehow this man was always steps ahead on the mass in terms of understanding the digital path we are on. Josh knew the internet would drastically intertwine with our lives. This he firmly expressed through a collection of well-known, controversial social experiments he performed around the millenium switch that would reflect his critical, and cynical view on online experiences. The Filmdocumentary 'We live in Public' from 2009, and other sources that onclude him, will give an impression of Josh Harris' interpretation of Moore's Law2. Additionally, a book by Adrew Keen from 2015 titeled 'The Internet Is Not The Answer', will frequently be used to determine if Josh Harris' experimental predictions actualy unfolded over the years, or not
As a reaction to his childhood, where his mother would often leave him alone in front of the television screen. Certain TV characters had become his best friends, and thus television would always play an important role throughout his life. However, it was the internet that sparked most of his interest, because it provided a network for interactive communication. He soon envisioned an online communiny; something the multitude of people was not able to comprehent yet. Nevertheless, it did not stop Josh to prove that our social behaviour will have its future online, and he was was definitely right to some extend. With a similar idea, Mark Zukerberg, “a young man so socially akward that many considered him autistic”3, created facebook in 2004. Luckily for him, the zeitgeist had realized an accepting mindset towards online