People Who Watch People: Lost in an Online Hall of Mirrors

People Who Watch People: Lost in an Online Hall of Mirrors - New York Times: "Up until now, most of the videos posted to the online clearinghouse YouTube have involved demonstrations of weird talents, like the young man doing back flips off of city buildings in "Urban Ninja"; private talents, like the many individuals who film themselves lip-synching in the bedroom; or other people's talents, like the clips from "Saturday Night Live" that the site quickly removes.

With the latest crop of videos, a new style has emerged, though, one that is at once absolutely mundane and completely postmodern: people posting videos of themselves watching YouTube videos. And that's just the start."