“We are living in a moment of existential dread and alienation caused by the savagery of social media, the ugliness of our politics, the AI takeover, our melting planet, a winner-take-all economy...” Those are the words of Washington Post columnist David Milbank. He doesn't lack for certitude. Most of us can't develop a read of the street we live on, but Milbank looks in the mirror and sees an ability to describe a nation.
About the alleged “savagery of social media,” and all one can ask is why it’s so popular if it’s so awful? The question answers itself. What Milbank describes isn’t real. So much of what makes social media so appealing is the power of “like.” Call social media what it is: a way for people to be connected with existing friends, reconnected with old ones, and joyfully connected to all manner of new ones through a medium that largely celebrates living.
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