For those who were around from the beginning, Facebook was truly a social network, a way to communicate with friends and family. Somewhere along the line, the center of the page morphed into a news feed that nearly a billion users rely on for at least some of their daily[…] Read On
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The Dying Art of Being Social
The more time we spend on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the less social we become. At least that’s a fear many have. There have been studies that validate it, but that’s hardly surprising. I suspect we all know it’s true; we’re just so in love with our[…] Read On
Why Biden and Dems Own Rising Inflation
The Biden administration and Congress would have you believe that the highest inflationary indicators in decades are caused by either Trump, the pandemic, unusually high demand or some sort of mass delusion we’re all experiencing. Of course none of that is true, but that hasn’t stopped CNN, MSNBC, WaPo, the[…] Read On
The Evils of Confirmation Bias and Groupthink
When a Twitter troll tries to retweet a sensational soundbite or hysterical headline from some media hack guess what pops up now? A friendly reminder that they’re about to share an article they haven’t even read yet. Does that stop anyone from perpetuating nonsense they know nothing about to their[…] Read On
The Problem With Our Perpetually Distracted Culture
Took Kira the pupper on a 5-mile trail run today. It was a blast, racing through the forest and the open fields in the foothills where I live. When we were done I stopped and looked back to watch Kira descend the hillside, only to see her plop down in[…] Read On
The Media, Big Tech and Our Cultural Divide
The media isn’t paid to reflect reality, it’s paid to get eyeballs. – Some Blogger, c. 2008 While blogging for CNET back in 2008, I observed that online media was generating headlines and oftentimes content to be clickable, not necessarily accurate. Hey, don’t laugh — that was an epiphany back then.[…] Read On
The Social Media Echo Chamber and Our Sociopolitical Divide
You know we have plenty of brainiacs in this country. The question is, why don’t any of them use those ginormous brains? Bear with me and follow my logic for a minute. Web 2.0 — the interactive web — launched in 2000. Facebook was founded in 2004. Twitter launched in[…] Read On