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We Live In Public finally comes out on DVD today. I cannot express enough how much ass this documentary kicks. I consider myself a pretty versed in internet history/culture/ and all around web fuckery, but the stuff I saw in this movie just made my head spin. I guess I had no idea what was really going on. Most of the action the takes place over ten years ago, in a time when we were just beginning to figure out what it means to live our lives online, in view of thousands of people on our blogs or webcams. This doc is a cautionary tale about the loss of privacy, about what it means to put too much of your life online, about how going too far too fast can sometimes be too much. The most frightening thing about all these tales - and this documentary is just one of many - is that in ten years time we really haven’t learned anything about the perils of over-sharing, and more hilariously, we just don’t care.

See the trailer here.

Buy the DVD here.

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a very long time.

I was lucky to be able to see this last year, when it screened at the Seattle Int’l. Film Festival. I had no idea this was all going on either. It took me completely by surprise that this had been happening, long before the over-sharing that happens now. But the best part of this? Josh Harris, who was often called ‘Warhol of the Web’ was there that night, and came out after the film ended, to answer questions. If you watch this film, or have already seen it, you’ll know why the entire audience was so shocked to see him. Was an amazing night.

I think I need to see this.