I thought since the Super Bowl is coming this weekend, and I’ve got a lot of jobs on my plate, I’d bring back a classic “Positive Vibes.” This one was written three years ago. I believe it’s still an important topic today.
The internet and the social media that allows connecting everything to everything else is undeniably life changing. (Please note life changing is not always a positive thing, usually it’s a mixed bag.) The great thing about social media is it pretty much gives anybody a voice. The bad thing about social media can be that it pretty much gives anybody a voice. There may be some “gatekeepers” still around that do some fact checking and confirmation, but gaps in the gates are getting wider and wider.
That said it’s important to remember that, “I read in Facebook” or “I saw it on Instagram” are hardly mic drops that prove a point. These days it’s often hard to tell what’s true, what’s sort of true, what’s mostly false and what’s a downright lie. (Note now that’s it’s 2024 with deep fakes and........