Link: Social Media, Pretend Friends, and the Lie of False Intimacy
Jay Baer, in a heartfelt ‘stop and re-think’ post starts with: “It’s not an illusion. We really are doing more with each 24 hours, as technology enables (or forces) us to interact and intersect and do and consume with unprecedented volume and vigor. We live our lives at breakneck speed because we can, because we feel we have to keep up, and because every macro and micro breeze blows in that direction.
The number of ‘inboxes’ we possess is staggering …
The Lie of Opportunity: How do we justify this? How do we convince ourselves that slicing our attention so thin the turkey becomes translucent is a good idea? … We do it because we believe that more relationships provides more opportunity.
I have always believed this to be true … But today, I’m no longer convinced.
Instead I wonder, what if we have it ALL wrong?
by Jay Baer (@jaybaer) of Convince & Convert
