Do we really need to tell everyone everything?

The Future of Us has an interesting story line that I had to check out for myself. The book is set in 1996 and Emma and Josh are about to load AOL onto a computer for the first time. After they log on however, they find themselves on a mysterious website called 'Facebook'. To their surprise they find the profiles of their future selves. Josh seems to have it made in the future, beautiful wife, big house, but Emma isn't too happy about how things turned out. As soon as she realizes that she's seeing her future self she sets her sights on changing the present in an attempt to create a better life.

This was a quick read and the story was definitely different. Their reactions to Facebook made me think though. They couldn't understand why people were posting things that seemed very personal for anyone to read. It seems natural today to post almost anything on Facebook, maybe even things that you wouldn't say in person but are easy to type out. But sometimes we really don't need to know every little detail of what's going on in someone's life. Some things are just better left unsaid. Besides, what do you talk about when you get together with your friends if you've already posted anything interesting that's happened to you on Facebook? From now on I know I'll think twice before posting a status update about every inane thought that comes to mind.