I gave up on Facebook two years ago.
Even though I used the platform intentionally to be positive and a peacemaker - I realized the platform became a breeding ground for dissension, strife, and attacks.
It seems to me what I experienced on Facebook is becoming more "mainstream" in everyday interactions.
It feels to me that people are more bitter, more condescending, more aggressive and more willing to be caught up in petty dissent and/or outright flagrant arguments - in the grocery store or at the gasoline pump.
It makes me sad.
We can be better.
We can be peaceable.
We really do need each other.
The future of human flourishing - and the flourishing of all living things - depends on our communal care.
Even though I used the platform intentionally to be positive and a peacemaker - I realized the platform became a breeding ground for dissension, strife, and attacks.
It seems to me what I experienced on Facebook is becoming more "mainstream" in everyday interactions.
It feels to me that people are more bitter, more condescending, more aggressive and more willing to be caught up in petty dissent and/or outright flagrant arguments - in the grocery store or at the gasoline pump.
It makes me sad.
We can be better.
We can be peaceable.
We really do need each other.
The future of human flourishing - and the flourishing of all living things - depends on our communal care.
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