“We Live in Public” is one of the most disturbing documentaries I have ever seen - and considering the strange nature of reality, that is saying a lot!

“We Live in Public” focuses on entrepreneur (and self-proclaimed artist) Josh Harris, a dot-com millionaire who founded one of the first interactive video websites when the internet was starting to take off. Following the popular success of his websites, Harris founded a project called “Quiet: We Live in Public,” where a number of citizens (with at least one as young as 11!) agreed to live in a controlled, Orwellian community called “Quiet” in which its residents surrendered all elements of their personal identity and privacy (wearing uniforms and being filmed in every aspect of their lives - eating, sleeping, having sex, defecating - on television channels that everyone else in the community had access to) in exchange for free food, drugs, and 15 minutes of fame.

Obviously, things got fucked up, and the documentary makes the extreme, but understandable comparison to our online lives on Facebook, Twitter, and blogs like this.

Anyway, this guy made me want to rip his face off, he’s pretty twisted. The movie is fascinating and pretty great, though! Psst — watch it for free on one of these links!