I think that's (more than just) a first

Unless I'm mistaken, facebook reports the first of Vern and Naomi's great-grandchildren is "in a relationship".  I find myself wondering with Miranda about the "brave new world" from The Tempest.  Wondering not just that the three-year-old I once twirled happily around the back yard is so grown up, but also that I can know about that from half a continent away, and even see an image of the couple within hours, all as a result of an update to somebody's database.

We all give up a bit of privacy when we use these web 2.0 thingies.  I hope we do it as in Lost Horizon, in moderation, so that we can enjoy it as if inhabitants of Shangri-La.