Oh man.  Wow.  That is one helluva video, to put it lightly.  And while I understand that these cases are of the extreme nature, to me it’s pretty crazy to see this attention-depraved way of thinking put on official display in this Douglas Rushkoff study.  It’s an unfortunate thing, as well, in my opinion.  Because teens shouldn’t have their overall happiness predicated on other people’s view of them, especially when it’s basically just off of aesthetics.  I do believe, though, that this is a natural byproduct of a teenager need-for-acceptance mentality when the most optimal platform in history (modern day smartphones) to utilize in putting oneself ‘out there’ is now owned by almost everyone.  One would hope though that possibly in the future, more exposure to how empty these feelings actually are (caring enough about ‘likes’ to put a paragraph of spam hasthtags under your Instagram picture to ultimately feel bettwr about yourself, for example) would eventually gravitate kids’ values more towards building meaningful relationships and bonding with family members than caring what other people think.  Because there’s a lot of better things to worry about even as a youngster.  Time will tell!