What are we even doing?

I know it doesn’t seem to matter much what most people say online these days but we could be using it to our advantage, and we are not! We doom scroll, we rage bait, we attack and defend our stance, but how many folks are doing anything “real”. There are folks trying though. They’re out there learning and trying to educate us every day!

The digital universe as it is now can either help or hurt us. How much really great information is passed over because we can’t be bothered, TL:DR. I know I have been guilty of this, but only online. I can read a 1k book and listen to a 30hr audio book, no problem. On the computer different world all together, if it seems to be an article that takes more than 3 minutes to read…skip it.

I am working to stop that, both in real life conversations and written media as well as videos. I feel as much as we need to “hurry”, because we feel time is running out, we really need to slow down. Slow down, stop reacting to the shit show that is our media, on every side. Should you turn it all off, I don’t believe so. Media isn’t going away, we need to rethink how we plan to use it and let it be used. AI is most likely not going away either, but that is a whole different topic, regardless laws need to be in place to protect us humans!

Going forward think of it like this, am I just reacting to this comment, video, article, or am I really thinking about it and responding. There is nothing wrong with getting upset, shit downright angry, or hopeful, sad and anything in-between but are you just reacting to it, is it making you think, is it spurring you to action. In journalism the unimportant things were usually talked about in gossip columns, tabloid magazines and over the top talk shows. It seems that is what most of the content we see today is. Things that are put out there to literally incite you anyway it can, what ever the engagement is, that is all it’s looking for. It’s about the shocking headline, and how much you are willing to pay for it!

I also know that without the connections I found because I was on all the different platforms I would not have found others that see we need change. I don’t think I would know as much as I do now. Whether it was a book recommendation, or a well researched article or a meeting time and place, because of social media and the like I am learning whose out there and better ways to fight back.

Learn to use the system and how to not let it use you. I am no expert on where to go and who to listen to, but one way to start is to ask yourself “Am I just reacting?” Liberation through education!