How to Get Rid of the Toxic Relationship Between Facebook and Social Media

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i know lots of people listening to this and two other intellegent crise polcas in the past, will be carryingLots of concerns around the role of sa, social medium technology in their lives. But soe we'r given that those links exist, and i suppose also, given those links, like an enormous amountof benefit and value, as well as harm. A how do we manage all that? And i guess like, can we can? We begin quite small. Well, i think the first thing you need to do is to face up to the problemn and and and, and recognize it and. So let's devote the final five minutes to that therapy.

A more interconnected world was supposed to bring us closer together, but Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, says the opposite has occurred. He joins Carl Miller to discuss his new book The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity Causes Conflict, which argues that technology and a lack of joined up thinking is affecting communication on every level. From standoffs between nation states to individuals hurling insults on social media, Mark identifies how connectivity is being mismanaged and exploited during an era in which defining narratives are ever more elusive to pin down. To find out more about the book click here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-age-of-unpeace/mark-leonard/9780552178273

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