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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

"The Internet Might Be Killing Discourse"

  1. Perhaps, this is is something we need to face. The internet is not building discourse. \
  2. It generating reactions, emotional driven, at times knee-jerk responses, lack of deeper thinking or reflection. A place where news are often not verified, just merely auto re-shared.
  3. Social media is slowing down thinking by limiting our words. With a limitation in words, there comes a limiting in thoughts. Hence, killing discourse
  4. We now have become reactionary beings. Predictable, big data analyzable and most importantly marketable - with this, the social media has truly becoming a marketing and IT professional's playground and paradise.
What will become of us?