Social Media

I have been listening to and reading material from the reporter and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Ressa.

She has talked about the strong negative effects of social media on society. And not just how it effects young people. She says studies have shown that social media is tilted to stress things that cause fear and anger in people and that this material has a much more pronounced effect on people than neutral or positive information would have.

I sense, way down the road, social media will be viewed as negatively as smoking is now.

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Still Struggling, with Writing

Indeed, the writing has not gone well, yet I can say I did learn something recently. For me, writing nonfiction has to be done slowly and cognitively. I've tried the common method of writing your first draft fast. It usually comes out a mess.

I'll take my own path and report back.

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