If I learned one thing from Social Media its that people have a need to be heard. Somewhere to validate their feelings and emotions, early on, Social Media may have been one of the best forms of therapy. People were eager to use this "new thing", and so every comment section was abuzz with conversation. Everyone was quick to share their favorite bands, or that they could learn minimal HTML and make a place that looked something of a reflection of who they were.
That is not the Social Media of today. The modern version is an addictive madhouse of bad news, and enabler of bad behavior and shows the very worst of what society has to offer. All packaged up in an easy to look at scroll, mixed with things you "NEED" to buy. Im pretty sure the human brain wasn't built to go from graphic homicide to quaint Temu items in under 2 seconds. We aren't processing. And it seems that every reaction to anything, no matter how innocent is a knee jerk outcry of rage. But what else could it be? We spend hours of our day not processing emotions, trying to be the loudest among so many louder "competitors" that we no longer felt heard.
So how do we as a society undue this false equivalence of connection? How do we get back to discussion, to reality and not AI fed anger?
I guess thats what Im going to be addressing with this blog. On the way, Ill share my own struggles and views on being a "Reality seeker" in a "digital world". Here we go!
