Jonathan Salem Baskin
- Benefits of Social Media
The social media genie escaped its bottle long ago, and I truly believe that the idea of peer-to-peer connectivity has immense promise for our lives. But much of today's social media experiences amount to little more than tasty bags of mental potato chips. There's a powerful and mostly-unquestioned lobby that tells us to have another one, and then another one, so institutions and brands happily up their chip production and then wonder why consumers aren't happy with what they get.
Jonathan Salem Baskin
- Social Media
Social media are junk food for our brains. Why are the nutritionists silent? Requires no prep time. Easy to consume. Fast. Immediately satisfying, yet leaves you wanting more. I could be describing a bag of potato chips or Twitter. Both "feeds" have much in common, and neither experience is necessarily good for you.
