Social media distracts us from doing something about the state of the planet

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'I’m increasingly conscious that our affection for social media isn’t all good,' writes the author.

Information underpins how we function as societies – and right now there is something very wrong with how we are engaging with that information.

But are we really busy or are we simply distracted or hooked? Social media consumes endless amounts of the time that we used to use – and should still be using – to think, engage, communicate and be present in. Firstly, there’s “don’t look up-ism”, referring to the film Don’t Look Up that was released in December. That movie, while extreme, spoke to our interesting relationship with crisis and, in that instance, the hopelessness over what was to come, combined with decision-making that was warped by the influence of the digital age.

But somewhere within this space of frustration and powerlessness is what drives actions too, as we have seen with youth-led climate action movements globally.

 

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