I have a confession to make. While I have a Linkedin profile I am not, at all, comfortable with using Linkedin. And, while I know that statement alone will probably generate a lot of castigatory comments that is not the focus of this blog.

I accepted a Linkedin request this week for someone to join my network. After that, I was directed to a page containing an extensive listing of people I might have a connection with. The magnitude of the list was extremely unnerving for me. Included in the list was my deceased ex-father-in law’s brother as well as my ex-husband’s third ex-wife. Happily, my ex-husband did not make the list, but some of my former clients did as well as their ex-spouses. There were also people on the list I haven’t seen or even thought about since elementary school.

My expectation was to see many Gotham people listed as well as other current and former colleagues but this list went way beyond that. In reviewing the Linkedin list, I felt that almost every aspect of my life was converging together in a way I could not explain.  On Facebook, I generally can figure out why the site would suggest a particular person for me to friend, but there were too many people on the Linkedin list for whom I could not figure out who the connection could be.

How extensively is Big Brother watching over us?