I was watching CBS News Sunday Morning last week and a short news piece came on that hit a nerve. The story:
There are more deaths from selfies than from shark attacks! YIKES!!!
There were a few great quotes within the story:
We are obsessed with proving that we had experiences rather than appreciating them when they occur.
We are losing the art of telling a story.
Selfies are killing our experiences.
We are outsourcing our memories to a cloud.
Guns don’t kill people, selfies do.
This brought me back to something that happened this past January. During one of Buddy Guy’s shows at his club. As he does every night he was walking through the crowd with his guitar and microphone. About every third person was flashing their flash in his face, rather than revel in the fact that a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was about a foot from them! Buddy came to a table where a really cute woman was sitting, with an empty chair next to her. Buddy, never wanting to pass up an up close opportunity, sat down in the empty chair and started a great guitar solo. So, what did the woman do, when confronted with a superstar playing two feet from her and looking directly into her eyes?
Step number one: She turned her back on him!!!
Step number two: She got her phone out and took a selfie!!
So, looks like CBS News was correct. The experience was captured, she could put the photo up on her Facebook page, and she turned her back on a great personal experience!!