Put Up or Shut Up

Put Up or Shut Up is the title of an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Who Owns the Future.  This section of the book spoke to me the most because Jaron Lanier speaks his mind about people always discussing quitting Facebook.  His answer is that no one can tell you the right thing to do in this situation, and the outcome is completely up to you.  He even says, "You have to decide for yourself.  I am not trying to be anyone's guru."  I agree with him in this aspect.  The choice is completely personal, but Jaron believes the network causes people to pointlessly dilute themselves on cultural, intellectual, and spiritual levels by fawning over digital superhuman phenomena that doesn't necessarily exist.  This is a very powerful statement, but I can definitely relate his thought to actual people in my community.