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Social Media: friend(s) or foe? (a not-quite-taboo-symposium)

Social Media: friend(s) or foe? (a not-quite-taboo-symposium)

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This month we’re going to revisit the question of whether or not social media (including all the usual suspects and more) is (or has become) a scam.

Team A: we are autonomous beings, who bear sole responsibility for the stupidity of using all the apps being fed to us by tech giants.

Team B: While Team A might at some point have been correct, we’ve moved far beyond having a ‘choice’ in the matter, due to inadvertent peer pressure and socio-economic systemic infrastructures, which have made using these apps a non-choice.

Last month we seemed to have people on both sides of this equation, hopefully the same will prove true this time around.

ACHTUNG: no-flake policy in effect. Last month I was lax and some flakey no-shows infiltrated the guest list. This month I shall be More Vigilant.

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ALSO: It has been (rightfully!) pointed out to me that the last couple of months have deviated from the original intention of the group, which was to have smaller groups conversing on topics that are actually taboo. TOO TRUE! Since the last couple of events have also been super fun though my plan at the mo' is to ping-pong back and forth between generally interesting topics (hence the 'not-quite-taboo' caveat in the banner) and genuinely taboo topics. Next month's topic (death) will balance us back out.

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