So close to a major milestone birthday, and still getting to experience "first time ever" events. How about that! Life's a ride, that's for sure.
Today social media provided me my new experiences. My daughter unfriended me on Facebook, and I made new professional friends on my very first podcast interview which was conducted using Skype! Social media brought me forward a few steps in my career, and took me backwards a few steps in my personal life. One's about connecting, one's about ego. Both are about relationships. Breaking and bonding. How many people are learning that social media tools are frighteningly awesome and nightmarishly freaky?
How many are learning how quickly idle comments dropped off haphazardly cause irreparable damage? How many are going hat in hand to make amends? How many are getting opportunities never before imagined as the barriers of miles and languages become invisible?
How easy it is to be mean or inconsiderate - I can start a chain of hate mail in 144 characters or less. How enabling it is to be kind and caring - I can reach out around the world and get instant information on how I can help any cause or disaster.
For the most part I've chosen to sit back and watch this new media develop, observing from the sidelines. I am finding more and more that's not possible. I say it's manageable, don't participate, tune out if you want, don't log in, hit back or next. Its sucking me in anyways. Is that our future, all of us? Whether we want it or not?
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