Posthuman Blues

Your Cameraphone: a Harbinger of a Massive Social Transformation

You may not be aware of it, but the cameraphone in your pocket is the harbinger of a massive social transformation, one already underway.

This transformation could be at least as big as the ones triggered by television and by computers, as the base technology -- mobile phones -- fills a new niche, different from both of these earlier technologies.

I use my cellphone's camera far more regularly than I use the actual phone.