Social media caters to our needs but I think it's more a case of 'created to exploit' rather than 'spawned from'.
Indeed, trial and error, luck and random chance. Lol, aren't we always deep in the error phase?
Is there a bigger picture here? It seems like it's a bunch of companies doing whatever they can to maximize the bottom line which ultimately amounts to us staring at screens an absurd amount of time.
we always get what we want
That we do, unfortunately. Lol, that could be a whole other blog post.
Thank you, and thanks for dropping by!
I think social media started from a real need of connection, but it got hijacked at some point when some individuals figured out they could make heaps of money through it.
And then they started pouring money into psychological research to find out what makes us stare at a screen for hours and hours.
And now, here we are.
The only solution I see is education. But who cares about education when you've got all those stupid funny videos on TikTok?
The bigger picture is that our brains haven't changed that much since 10.000 years ago, and that's why they get exploited by the technology created today. I think understanding this is the first step. But again, who cares? The majority doesn't, for sure. And the minority is ignored.
Oh, there's so much to discuss on this topic, but I'll stop here.
It's sad, when you think that few people understand what's happening and that even fewer care about the matter.