LIVING WITH MCL

To borrow a little something from Ronald Reagan, Social Media isn't the solution to our problems, Social Media is the problem! I know this may sound eerily similar to my previous post , but because of some well deserved criticism, I feel compelled to issue a clarification of my position. It isn't the internet or technology that I am against. There is no doubt the Internet has played an important role in society, even beyond its original intent of ensuring uninterrupted lines of communications for the military. It's the Social Media applications that have spawned from the internet that I am against. it's the principle reason I dropped my Facebook account awhile back, and more recently my smartphone.  I believe [next to religion] Social Media is the biggest cause of the problems we are currently facing in this country today. Because of Social Media, we spend less time interacting personally with each other, preferring such faceless applications as Facebook, Twitter and ev...

To borrow a little something from Ronald Reagan, the Internet isn't the solution to our problems, the Internet is the problem! I've believed this for quite awhile, and it is the principle reason I dropped my Facebook account awhile back, and more recently my smartphone. It's not that I'm [completely] against technology, but I do think [next to religion] it's the biggest cause of the problems we are experiencing in the country today, i.e. divisiveness, intolerance, mistrust etc. Because of the Internet, we no longer interact personally with each other, preferring such faceless applications as Facebook, Twitter and even blogs to express our thoughts. Even talking on the phone has declined as we switch more to texting and email. Because of the Internet, we have become detached from our fellow human beings, no longer interacting with people in the ways that brought us closer together in the past. Instead we're driven apart by the increased use of email and caller I...