Seinfeld was ahead of his time. Back in 1995 he showed us what would happen when our Facebook people met our Twitter crowd and headed over to party with our Linked In connections:
GEORGE: Well that was a really stupid thing! You know what’s going to happen now?
JERRY: World’s collide. (points at George)
GEORGE: Whe … Well yeah!
JERRY: Because this world is your sanctuary and if that world comes into contact with –
GEORGE: YES! It Blows Up! So if you know that, what did you tell Elaine for?
JERRY: I didn’t know. Kramer told me about the worlds.
GEORGE: You couldn’t figure out the “World’s Theory” for yourself? It’s just common sense. Anybody knows, ya gotta keep your worlds apart.
But can we keep our worlds apart any more? I don’t know about you, but I find it gets harder and harder every day. My friends and colleagues struggle with it, too. Everyone has a different coping mechanism — some stay off the internet all together, some run two sets of books, some have uncomfortable conversations, and others let the chips fall where they may. In 2009, we are all George. We all struggle with the world’s theory and how to have our sanctuary and social networks at the same time. Is it possible? I don’t know.
The only solution I have is to blog about it. So if you have an issue, let me know — my social media therapy shingle is out and I’m open for business.
