Securities,
Government,
Corporate,
Administrative/Regulatory
Oct. 2, 2018
Technology, ego and the siren call of social media
The ancient Greeks told a myth of Scylla and Charybdis, a pair of sea monsters on opposite sides of a narrow strait and lured unsuspecting sailors to their death, on either side. Our modern equivalents might be technology and ego.
Ronald E. Wood
1st VP/ Senior Attorney
Brown White & Osborn LLP
333 S Hope St
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Email: rwood@brownwhitelaw.com
The ancient Greeks told a myth of Scylla and Charybdis, a pair of sea monsters on opposite sides of a narrow strait and lured unsuspecting sailors to their death, on either side. Our modern equivalents might be technology and ego. Technology enables social media, a seductive siren whose persistent beckoning for the next text, post or tweet to satisfy an insatiable global audience can often lead to hostile invective and reputational ruin. And ego, especially in the tec...
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