News Summary

• David Weinberger: With rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.
• He says social media has transformed users into life’s cinematographers, directors, producers, and distributors.
• People are not just humans interacting directly with other humans, he says.
• They are also actors interacting with an audience, one populated by potential critics, he writes.
• Weinberg: No medication can cure the broader societal ailment.
• Mass self-consciousness is ascendant.
• Performance anxiety is becoming a way of life.