The Importance of Affirmation on Social Media

I like to think that maybe we're getting more sophisticated about ideas of ourselves. I just kind of slightly share him this thing about people finding some kind of affirmation. The problem is when they seek validation and the validation doesn't arrive, then also it can get very insulting and nasty. It's too simple to say that we are a nation, that we've become more self-obsessed. I think it's a complex and interesting narrative to arm that. Do we think Twitter and social media and Instagram, do we think they kind of convince people that being followed means they're important? If he could just give you a brief anecdote of the thing that happened on a beach in Greece last year