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Thursday, January 11, 2018

The Future's Open Wide....




Jon Katz writes about our instant online connection that can be misunderstood, judgmental and hurtful.
             He captures a very real problem in our instant chats or our instant emails to one another, we can leave a comment in reply to what we think or how we feel without seeing the face of the other person who just posted something that now triggers our responses.  

We judge when we are not even aware that we are judging! 

These are crazy days in our society, as our President Trump tweets out his feelings at 3am from the White House or his Trump tower. 
It reminds me of a video game when he makes the next move and send out the next topic for everyone else to handle in the morning!

I feel exhausted by this whole system sometimes, and yet I also get online every morning with my coffee to check in on how everyone I love is doing, I wonder what on the main topics in the news, then I smile when I receive a message of facebook! the pros and cons are in there on my lap top.

I feel like we need a whole new book entitled "Miss Manner's new social media world." A How to behave when online in order to stay sane, kind of book....

I feel like some basic tips and basic healthy boundaries are needed to guide us better.

I guess where ever there are people coming together in conversation or in connection then misunderstanding, disagreements and arguments will unfold.
In today's world that is just one click away, not just reserved for family reunions anymore......

It's important to share and to connect, to give each other a chance in learning and growing along side this whole new world of online stories.  
I wonder in a hundred years what it will show of us, what will the future people think of our behavior?

I sure hope we can be proud of it in the end.........




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