the idea that western society is at fault for everything is kinda funny to me. do other societies not have the same flaws we do? aren't they inherent?
no other Society besides Western is narcissistic? i think most of us humans are narcissistic and few of us get over it.
facebook is a problem with younger people. people younger than me, who do confuse the internet for real life. i have faith that the young internet generation will figure this out over time, but i'd rather not see that happen cuz it'll be bad. (not that i'm sure how to stop it.) if we, as older and wiser internet users have issues with facebook, what will the youngling's issues be! protect them we must. i read an article on making facebook work for the people like it once was supposed to.
it's an easy way out to say "fuck it. i don't like this. deleted."
we can't do that in real life. we can't take the people in our lives and "limit" when they see us and when they don't. there is no "hide" button running into ex's at the movies. the young ones of the future will have issues with this, just like a sci-fi book. relying on computers to do everything for them. even socially.
is this a growing concern for anyone else? that the world is too big for some of us? or all of us these days. we can burn 1000 bridges and there are still 100000 more? the world used to be smaller and we had to learn to fix things instead of just move along. run away. screw it. there is lots more. this is unimportant.
what is important? flying through life like a tornado leaving things broken behind you?
the counterpoint to this i guess being "cut your losses". but i think people give up too easy. i don't want to be one of those people.
