Social Media: Phony or Authentic
Like all humans existing in the developed world today, I am an avid user of social media. I, of course, being of a certain age, am unable to stay on top of this phenomena that has us in its clutches. My teenage son is never far from what he calls "checking his social media". Yet again, I recently observed that my octogenarian father is not that far from his social media either. They both use it in different ways, my son to keep up to date possibly with trends and the latest gossip. My father for entertainment and to ward off loneliness. This blog will not be about, the pros and cons of social media and what it brings to our life or not. It is more as a self observation on what does social media make us. Are we more honest or less so knowing that our audience is not in the same room with us? As we go on with our daily life, we cannot help but compare and contrast what we have, who we are, what our children are achieving, our total existence...