Learning to Drive Social Media
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Let\\u2019s just admit it, social media is pretty dang cool. I\\u2019ve met some of my favorite people because of that little smart phone. Social media both provides a way to connect and a reason to create. It is both a network and a stage.
\\nIt\\u2019s kinda silly to demonize social media. That\\u2019s like blaming a car for you driving too fast. We have laws limiting how fast you can drive, and yet we engineer some rockets on four wheels that can triple or quadruple the legal speed. Just because you can drive a car 200 mph doesn\\u2019t mean that you should drive that fast, at least not in most situations. It\\u2019s an illusion to even think that would be an option. You can\\u2019t go 200 mph in mid day traffic. In reality, the moments when it would be possible to push the performance of a high speed vehicle to its limits would be few and close to none.
\\nThe same is true with social media. We don\\u2019t need to be on it all the time. The point is to learn how to use it effectively. That means learning how to respect certain limits. We live in a world where almost everyone can go from 0 to 100 real quick, online. If as many people had sportscars as have access to social media, the roads would be a daily blood bath. At the current moment, our technological power outmatches our experience and responsibility with the tech. Since we don\\u2019t want to regulate the Internet, we need to learn to govern our own behavior, to set limits for ourselves.
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