RE: Why I don’t “debate”
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I applaud your constructive and cooperative spirit which is something rather rare especially in the polarised world of social media. People fight against each other pretty much ever since they started walking on earth and that not just a coincidence. However, social media have added even more toxicity. Not because they were built for that, I'm not throwing conspiracies here. It's just the side effect of anonymity (or at least the lack of proximity) which allows you to unleash the worst of yourself with zero consequences. So the moderate balanced people don't feel the need to push their opinions to others while the rest ones tend to speak much "louder" on social media. This results to a fake image that our society in social media looks like a funny farm which is not exactly true. However, at the end of the day it becomes a funny farm because people start to believe that this distorted image of ourselves is what we really are. Combined with the fact that everyone can confirm their lunacy via their feed cause the algorithm gives them posts that they agree with - echo chamber at its best.
If only people were able to take a deep breath and zoom out of their lives for a moment to see how themselves and others look like from above. That would make them revise a lot of things.
Have a good life.
Thanks for the awesome comment!
I'm of the belief that we shape the world with our thoughts. You can get pretty paranormal or spiritual with this, but just to keep it open to everyone, I try not to express it in those terms. You can look at it like this: We become more dangerous when we sense a threat. Us becoming more dangerous signals to others that there is a threat and they become more dangerous. You can find this phenomenon in almost anything.
I don't see any exception to the internet. Regardless of how or why it was developed or evolved, it follows the trajectory of our fears and desires. So I think the internet could and in many cases is a brilliant tool for evolution, just as it can be and often is a tool for all kinds of not so great things. I've had almost nothing but good experiences on the internet. I don't like these big social media companies and hope we can put them to rest, but even they have benefited my life overall....most of that is thanks to a 6 year break to overcome my addiction to scrolling and always wanting some kind of social approval or attention.
My only issue now is that I feel people around me rely on it too much, but I'm trying not to get too upset about it and instead to organize some events or push myself to meet people more often.