re: I think selfies are the end of civilization/civility

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Selfies are silly and narcissistic but they aren't doing too much damage.

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Selfies are an outward expression of an inward narcissistic disease. The Black Death killed what a 1/3 of Europe? The actual killer was invisible but the symptoms were visible to others. Therefore that actual picture is merely the visual clue to the death of the person taking it.

Civilization - the broad form of human existence - and civility - the act of treating another's person over yourself - are both based in the concept of group interaction and common good by action to the world around you.

View what 2 pictures taken in the same place represent

#1 A picture of the pyramids in Egypt
#2 A selfie taken while at the pyramids of egypt.

Hence the selfie may not be the end of civilization in fact but it can indicate the disease of self in the person taking it.