A society full of individuals with weak self concepts can only be a sick society. Sincerity prevailed in the west until a few generations ago, and was based on the idea that one's identity was intimately tied to a set of social rolles. These roles were not chosen by the individual, but given to him or her by family and community. One's identity then emerged in the attempt to play these roles in a sincere manner.
“WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT?” These were the first words sent over the newly invented electric telegraph machine in May 1844. This message proved to be prophetic. For the communication technologies that followed in the wake of the telegraph, from the telephone, to the radio, to TV, computers, the internet, and now smart phones and social […]
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Social Media – Why it Sickens the Self and Divides Society first appeared on
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