Re: Off-Guardian on the importance of social media Archived Message
Posted by turtleman on June 25, 2019, 6:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Off-Guardian on the importance of social media"
Not all mediums are equal. It is widely known, for example, that TV is bad for you. It doesn't matter if the programs are high or low quality. It is the medium itself that is bad for cognitive development and mental health. The examples you give are of mediums that require active participation and/or skill from its user, as opposed to TV and the world wide web with which its users are, for the most part, passive. Also, social media such as FaceBook are basically virtual mobs. And every nominally wise person has always known that dwelling in the mob is not the good life or the right path to knowledge.
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