The mind boggles

I came across this news item which mentions that an NYU art professor was forced to take out a camera that he had surgically implanted at the back of his to record his surroundings and transmit them on to a website and a museum in Qatar.
We have time and again spoken about the intense curiosity people have all over the world about life in NYC , how else would you explain this madness?

http://www.dnainfo.com/20110209/greenwich-village-soho/nyu-professor-removes-camera-implanted-head