“What did we do before talked about politics all the time?”
A great question posed to me by one of the most politically adpet people I know.
It’s wild, in that social media has conditioned us to constantly talk about politics, at least since 2016 or so.
That was the start of Trump’s foray into politics, when Twitter became as absolute shitshow, but where I’d stay until 2023 for some reason.
But I think social media has just made us think and connect like being online has been the answer the whole time, and everything leading up to it was wrong.
As if the before times, when not everyone had a personal computer at home, or a laptop that they could use on the couch, or a smartphone so they could check it constantly.
Maybe the current mode of living was created by companies that never had our best interest in mind.
Because, honestly, the more we’re online, the more we’re seeing ads. Even if we’re not using an ad blocker, we see ads on social media. Pre-roll ads on YouTube videos.
What if the reason we’re so perpetually online is because it’s in the best interest of those that build computers and sell the ads?
What if it doesn’t have to be this way?