Lessons Learned: None

I found a picture of all of us. Of you, of me, of everybody in society. Here, take a look. The first time around Remember when social media didn’t feel like the addictive drug it feels like today? It promised to connect us to the people in our communities and to open the doors to connecting with people in disparate places that once-upon-a-time seemed so inaccessible. There was a genuinely lovely feeling associated with logging on or in to whatever platform and seeing what was going on. Getting nudged, poked, or seeing an alert pop up weren’t the exhausting mental hurdles they seem to be today. Facebook kind of made sense at the time. My friends posted pictures of the things they wanted to share, the stuff we did together, the stuff I missed out on. It was a place where groups were formed and events were planned. That was kind of it, and it was enough. Or wait, they added games too at some point. Okay, that’s fine I guess; some of the games are literally just online gambling which is a…

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