Social Media violates the most basic concept of them all .. the Truth.
If society’s consciousness where a river ½ mile deep, social media would represent the very last top inch of the surface; Fast moving. Chaotic. Hardly representative of the larger body but the most apparent aspect.
Yet, along with other hyper-fast means of transporting communication, it pigeons holes our orientation of thought into dangerous nonsense. What we tend not to consider as we race through our day connecting to this and reacting to that, is that forms of human communication are inextricably linked to the quality of culture. If for example a culture is predicated on Typography (sorry, this doesn’t mean Tweeting or Blogging), it is well read, literate, able to understand and convey ideas, invested in authenticity, can fact check, is interested in a well thought out logical truth and averse to a reckless disregard of it. If another is predicated on sound bites, phrases that are a substitute for not thinking, dramatizing or simplifying abstract concepts which are heavy in facts and opinion, it’s the type that dignifies irrelevance and amplifies ignorance.
Sorry to burst your bubble – but the latter is us; Tweeting, Posting, ‘Liking’, Sharing…
Rubbish.
If we had any sense, we would recognize that the forms in which ideas are expressed affect those very ideas and reject any technology which lowers our level of consciousness.
-MBD
