Last night I went with a few friends to see the movie Surrogates. For those who havent seen it the basis of the movie is this: In the near future, almost every person has a robot that they control using their thoughts. Instead of going out (and risking danger) the person controls the robot to do life for them out of the safety of their own home. So instead of seeing people walk around throughout the day, you see robots. A person can customize their robot to look as they please. You can never really know what the true person looks like, only what the decide to create their robot to look like.
This idea is not unlike today. How can we truly know the people around us, but only what they choose to show us? Everybody has an idea of themselves that want people to see, and this may not always be who they really are. I can pretend to be great guitar player/hippie. If I show that successfully, then people will perceive that I am just that. It doesn't even to be that dramatic. If a person has a personality trait that they don't necessarily like, they can choose to not show it. How do we know if the personalities of the people around are the true ones or the ones they want us to see? Are they real or just the "surrogates?"
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