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Social Media

The information age and social media 
are both important indeed. On one side there's love, 
and the other side greed. The advancement of 
mankind's truly the evidence of the ability of 
man's creative mind. 

But there's something different here--something 
that we may have to fear. Communicating is done 
between words and letters; the problem is it may 
not be making human beings any better. 

We still communicate with words and thoughts, 
but emotion and facial contact seem to be getting 
lost. It's a place where you can't be felt or even 
sometimes be seen--a place where, if you yell, there 
are no words to describe the scream. 

A place where isolation is increasing. A place 
where loneliness is crying for help. A place 
where words are replacing the real self. 
You can scream for help, and it's not heard. 
You could feel sympathy, but it's not a word. 

What kind of world is this social media creating? 
Love is decreasing, and happiness is fading. Yeah, 
I can hear what you say. I can't feel what you feel; 
the word's not what the body feels. 

Something has to be done. Social media is illuminating; 
it's fun when we can't feel and see each other's faces. What 
happens to humans when we hide behind a screen and 
type each other words? We will be no better off than 
chickens and birds. 

The war of words is increasing fear and anxiety. 
It seems to be releasing pain, hatred, and hypocrisy 
across the world. What's going to happen to this Earth 
of ours, which is our sweet and only pearl?

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