The Age of Information

We live in such an age where connectivity has become near ceaseless; where those of us whom are happy to give our personal information to the many census' and servers will find that instantaneously we can bring our identities together, across platforms and countries- even whole continents. Via an 'app' on your phone, whilst you holiday in Tibet, why not connect to your 'facebook' back home that you frequent on your laptop and share where you are and what you're doing with everyone who wants to know?
   Of course it seems all very harmless, at first, but dig a little deeper. Now 'google' wants your email address, your picture, your profile, your time, your phone number... and what else? How many more companies will ask for information here-and-there, the button to 'skip' the process so small and out of sight that sooner or later, you will give in to the frequently asked question, and give away your details, and with it, your freedom.
   Online servers have amassed so much data on all of us that live in the 'Western' or developed societies that we can be tracked and pinned down to our exact location, and see how they know who we know and love and talk to, what our recorded messages are and now our interests and desires. Our relationships and intimate secrets are kept not so secret, after all. Stop the trend in sharing this information and you will slow down the progress of every large company and business in the world. How will they know what we love to buy? How can they know the right item or time to sell to us? The right dream to sell?
   We are told that our data is recorded for our protection, but truthfully, all we protect are the interests of the companies and governments. We hand away so much of our selves and our freedom with every instance that we remain connected, and yet, how foolishly we love to brag and show off what we have. The more advanced we become, the more backwards we grow, and what do we have to show for- with our fantastic new phones, etc. etc. Nothing worth discussing, only that we are now even easier to be hounded down and made into a marketable figure.
   One day there will be a war, and we will all be persecuted for our crimes. Freedom can only exist in the ensuing chaos of an overthrown state.