human behavior on the Tree of Life
are hard to come by
because data is limited
superficial and unreliable
but plummeting prices
for public data storage
and for semi-objective
data-capture devices
(cams, mics, etc)
open an unprecedented window on
human behavior now
millions of photographers uploading
hundreds of millions of candid pix
in a raw stream anyone can tap into [rss]
immortalising
instants of gaze
point at a tourist spot
point at a flower
point at a baby
point at a pet
point at a friend
pose them in front of the tourist spot
holding the flowerbabypet
making a crazy face
making a hipster face
making a happy face
making a sane face
a funny gesture
with hand, or tongue
jump wild
dance
flash some skin
or at a party, the mad snapper
making everyone selfconscious
(unless they already were)
human nature occasionally sneaking in
accidental private truth
crypto-ethnography
[rwwl]
