Ok, so I just started listening yesterday on my drive to Orlando…I tweeted at JR about this…lol I think some tech is morally neutral.

Social Media only amplifies what’s already there. It gives us an outlet. It doesn’t make us choose whether to say something good or bad. Unlike a gun which fundamentally a destructive technology (I’m not gonna enter the gun debate) Social media can either be constructive or destructive. You can use it to bring people together or encourage someone on the other side of the world. Or you can tear them down. I know we talk about how everyone’s so hateful and somewhat ignorant when we read a YouTube comment section. But, the internet hasn’t made the world dumber. It just gave us an outlet for our thoughts, etc etc.

I do think though that social media in large quantities isn’t exactly healthy. It’s like reality TV. It’s not exactly real. We choose what goes up and what doesn’t so in essence we get to play publicist for our lives. I read a writer one time who said in reference to social media. You shouldn’t compare your behind the scenes with everyone else’s highlights. It leads to being more narcissistic. We just have to check ourselves.

I also have a book recommendation. Forever by Pete Hamill. It’s about an irish…not really a man he’s 17. Who goes to NYC in the 1740s to avenge the deaths of his mother/father and is granted immortality as long as he stays on manhattan island. I think you guys would like it.