"(...) with the advent of social media, says Ethan Kross, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan who studies the impact of Facebook on our wellbeing, “envy is being taken to an extreme”. We are constantly bombarded by “Photoshopped lives”, he says, “and that exerts a toll on us the likes of which we have never experienced in the history of our species. And it is not particularly pleasant.”

Corporate social media will destroy society.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

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"While we are busy finding the perfect camera angle, our lives become a dazzling, flawless carapace, empty inside but for the envy of others and ourselves, in a world where black cats languish in animal shelters because they are not “selfie-friendly”."

We deserve extinction.

@Antanicus letto l'articolo durante la "pausa pranzo" (grazie).
Pure io avevo notato, dopo aver disinstallato i vari social dal cellulare, com'erano diminuiti i momenti di autocommiserazione. È veramente assurda questa cosa...

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