In this piece of text, Derek Conrad Murray explores the idea of “The Selfie” and how modern day commercialism and society as a whole have allowed a generation where selfies, and one’s online presence, are the dominant “traits” of who they are as a person, and not simply who they are in real life. As time has passed and the world has become much more image based in terms of the sharing of feelings, news, and ideologies, the more recent generations of children will be exposed immediately to a world where everything is judged by what images you share online. I remember when Facebook had just been made public, rather than requiring a University email to be a member, and how very few people I knew actually signed up, and yet now everyone seems to have an account, with some parents even making family accounts, or pseudo-accounts for their children or pets. To what end will this continue then? Where ones personality, looks, and life experiences are worthless unless posted on social media. With the availability of cameras everywhere, and modern phones having a dedicated camera on the front specifically for selfies, the selfie has become almost a secondary “currency” in a capitalistic sense, where one’s worth or value is based not on stocks/assets, or their personality or themselves as a being, but is based solely on their online presence, where viewers care more about the good photos uploaded than the actual person behind the photos.