tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134858478276367735.post2900885910944939357..comments2023-09-11T04:17:23.175-07:00Comments on Prepare for Change: Does social media help or hurt activism?Jeff Jacobsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469389986416419064noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134858478276367735.post-29953670327579076862016-03-18T03:30:43.208-07:002016-03-18T03:30:43.208-07:00I do agree with all that you mention here, about s...I do agree with all that you mention here, about social media and their function or role. To me, it seems that the separation of mind, with eyes on the screen and the attention present in what's on that screen, with a sense of physicality, is key to losing respect for fellow human beings online. For when the sense of body, hence... <br />emotional awareness accompanied by self-reflection is absent, anything goes. It's the instinctual reactions that are ruling internet activities in Social Media, that's evident. Many online activists are lonely, depressed and alienated from the world of blood, sweat and tears, in a life of lethargy, laziness, depression and even by using drugs and alcohol. The anonimity of a presence at home, without company, creates wanderers that are lost. I've witnessed, mainly in fora with spiritual and ethical discussions, fierce endless rants and airy fairy pink clouds of unrealistic projections, imaginations that almost begin to have a life of their own, in that virtual world. To me, it's one of the challenges of our time, to overcome the addiction to that state. A state wherein such a participant is at a complete loss of its sovereignty.Marian Baghorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551066303816019906noreply@blogger.com