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Who is the Most Important Person in the World? You!

Every time you turn around there is another service out there that will let you tell anyone willing to listen what you are thinking, doing, listening to or planning.

Now, with the new iPhone on the horizon, there is growing interest in using personal GPS as a way to let everyone know WHERE you are.

I find myself, a lover of all things tech, siding a bit with Steven over on Mashable:

“Some folks like MG Siegler from ParisLemon might think this is just the coolest idea that gets him all excited. I fail to see how seeing a constant stream of Brightkite announcements flooding social media services like Twitter and FriendFeed is not incredibly irritating. It’s not like knowing where you are every five or ten minutes is earth shattering news that we all need to know. If anything there are times when this kind of pollution makes me want to just close any window I have open to social media providers who support these location based services.”

Modern life is a constant give-and-take between privacy and convenience. Sure, it would be great to get constant updates regarding the whereabouts of your friends, but do you really want that sort of information floating around for anyone to see?

It is going to be interesting to see if there is a large generational divide that emerges between the youth who see this sort of constant flow of personal data to be perfectly normal, and those a bit older who have always found a certain comfort in knowing their basic whereabouts are a private matter.