Oprah Winfrey, the queen of talk shows has finally quit after 25 years. Tributes have been pouring in from all over. Saw a few minutes of one of her shows many years ago. It was the most embarrassing and cringe making scene I have ever witnessed in my entire life. Two couples were competing to reveal the most private events of their lives and marriages. Why any human would want to reveal their innermost selves to the public is a mystery to me. To that extent I think she was a prelude to Facebook. Teenagers defend their " SPACE " fiercely and often aggressively. Yet they reveal every little detail about themselves on Facebook. Why? We humans live behind walls. We construct elaborate closed spaces for different purposes and shut ourselves behind doors. The toilet is where one is alone. The bedroom is shared with a partner. The living room is for the whole family. We put in an enormous variety of impediments to deter any stranger from entering our home, allowing only people we know to gain access. Every person, especially those who watch Winfrey or use Facebook, has grown up behind walls from the first day of life. Yet here they are exposing every private detail to the world. Are human beings becoming dumber? Is it possible for evolution to go backwards, from humans to apes to rats? A trainee pilot from the middle east fell asleep for 55 minutes at the controls of his plane which flew itself 250 km to Adelaide in Australia. A couple in Chennai left their 3 year old child locked in a car for hours while they attended a funeral. The child died of the heat. Television used to be called an " idiot box ". Maybe the effects are starting to appear.