Has social media changed us or only revealed us? |
Ever since social media slipped quietly into our lives, the world seems to have lost some of its calm. My own relationship with it has long been uneasy. Over the years, I have called it many things-a despot, a double-edged sword, a deceiver, even a destroyer. I blamed it for much of what feels unsettling about modern life: our impatience, our restlessness, our hunger for validation, our carefully curated selves. I came to see digital platforms as villains that reshaped human behaviour, diluted authenticity, and turned us into performers rather than participants in our own lives.
Then a recent conversation unsettled this certainty. Social media, someone remarked, has not changed us; it has exposed us. The fakery was always present. What is new is that it is now visible, archived, and endlessly replayed. That thought lingered and opened the door to a more uncomfortable insight. Long before........