OK–So if the questions about social media are whether or not it is creating more and more social isolation and whether or not it is making us less intelligent as beings; then I guess I would have to start by asking the question of what kind of creature are we? (I will not be answering this; instead, I will ramble on about other things. But perhaps this does answer the question in some strange way).

Social Media is seen as part of a movement that allows technology (machines) to interface with humans in a way that should (in theory) help us to be stronger (e.g. more efficient, smarter, more flexible, better connected). But does it? There seems to be this fear that somehow technology and Social Media are making us into different kinds of creatures (different than?)–you know less smart, more isolated, less efficient…Maybe…Maybe not…

But maybe this really isn’t the point. Maybe the real question, the real benefit has to do with how we now view knowledge and the power to speak and be heard. Now anyone can be an artist, anyone can have a voice, anyone can have a following–you just need to have access to a machine and the web…

I do not feel less smart today because I used Google yesterday… and I found a very interesting site that actually has helped me feel more connected to the world around me…
http://being.publicradio.org/about/

Go figure…