hear hear. Why not start tonight? When's the last time you read a book? played a game of REAL scrabble with your wife/partner? Talked to your kid? Go offline. NOW. - Mel "de Silentio" McB
We can work on our individual lives and get those in order. But what about the bigger picture? - Mark Dykeman
Wait, smiley's don't count as body language?? ;) - felix
lol@felix It's the best I can do from a keyboard! - Shey
Shey, I don't agree. I find that many people aren't even aware of social media and are missing out. Also social media and real life interactions are not mutually exclusive. - Alan Le
@Alan I think the point Shey's making is that some people in the "Social Media World" (I call them "Tech-Nerds" .. :D) are so engrossed in Social Media that they become ignorant of the REAL Social World -- becoming hopelessly ignorant of the REAL ramifications of their actions. - Jasmin Smith
Re. Soc Media vs RW - You learn best by doing imho? Observation only takes one so far. - Mathew A. Koeneker
@Matthew I think the happy ending is "doing", i.e. a change in how we behave with and relate to one another. But if you don't take a step back and look outside your little bubble -- you get a pretty narrow-minded view. - Shey
"no excess" is believed as one of the most important thought in buddhism. better stay off the online Social stuff somewhat. thx, shey! - Kenichi Matsumoto
