You've probably read the headlines of the past month regarding the word "selfie." The Oxford English Dictionaries declared "selfie" the word of the year for 2013, and columnists far and wide have seized on that decision - and the behavior itself - as the latest example of the decline of Western Civilization at the hands of out-of-control technology.

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I once worked for a magazine that used monthly focus groups to choose covers. Typically, what I felt was the worst cover option was chosen. My conclusion: Focus groups were stocked with dolts.