John was born in 1935

in his teenage years he carried a small hand mirror

he took it everywhere he went

holding it at arms length to admire himself

he would invite other to look at his reflection

he was labelled socially awkward and narcissistic

but he kept on looking at his own image

John was eventually placed in an asylum

they took his mirror away for his own safety

he became clinically depressed and withdrawn

no photographs of John exist today

Sarah was born in 2004

she carries her cell phone everywhere

taking selfies to post on social media

she has thousands of snapchat friends

her entire life is devoted to three things

self refection

self promotion

self disclosure

she is considered to be a normal well balanced teenager

Sarah is popular and has lots of friends

she posts at least forty selfies a day

if she keeps this up all her life

there will be more than a million digital records of her face