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“We lived on farms, we lived in cities, now we live on the internet” (a line from Facebook investor Sean Parker, in the movie)

Because of my age & my need to "keep things simple" I do not DO Facebook, even tho' you might find my name there. It seems as tho' now that we're more "connected", we are actually more "disconnected" as far a a truly human relationship goes. Each person has to figure out what is best for him or her & adjust the lifestyle most suited to becoming a "whole" person.

The ar*e h^@e who created facebook...


A hundred years ago people used to be housed in very close living conditions, yet managed to keep secrets and observe another’s privacy with apparently no trouble. Now people have very private living spaces and yet choose to broadcast their intimate details over half the world. I’m not sure what it all means, but it seems to say something about the insecurity of the human race; the need to have another’s approval for one’s actions, thoughts, feelings and decisions. Facebook seems to be a sort of technological herd instinct activity.

I realize that many people use Facebook to promote very well-meaning activities, but to me it will always be a platform that sits uneasily and rather precariously as a foundation for service to others.

The more insidious threat is that it separates us, divides us, isolates us. While all the while beguilingly pretending to do just the opposite. We present to others a kind of constructed, fabricated, carefully manicured version of ourselves — it's not really us. 

And to add my take to all this - Facebook and other virtual cyber sites have made people more private, more insecure, more touchy, more easily offended in real life. Because they are so used to getting their own way on social network sites - say and post what they want without repercussions. Even if there was it was not face to face and they don't have to follow right etiquette even for disagreements. In real life this is not possible and they become overly sensitive and defensive. And lose the ability to relate to others which only true one on one socializing develops. So social integration is essential to an ethical and well balanced human being. This can also be seen in children who are home schooled. One of the most important areas of personal growth comes in interaction with others at all levels, in all situations, in the classroom, in the playing field, queuing up in the tuck shop and school canteen, in playing games and other social interactions. Humanity is being furthur segregated and individualized to the point of being made into automatons. And this happens in insidious ways such as facebook where people think they are actually interfacing and integrating even more closely. What then is the hidden agenda one must ask...