Social media is brilliant. This presentation simply aims to draw attention to the bad bits too.

1. WHY
SOCIAL
MEDIA’S
SHIT

2. THE BEST THING SINCE JESUS

3. BUT

4. ‘We feel
more
insecure,
isolated
and lonely
than ever’.
Source: The insecure
American: How we got
here and what we should do
about it

5. ‘Americans
say they
have fewer
friends
than ever
before’.
Source: Social isolation
in America:
Changes in core discussion
networks over two decades

6. ‘We only
have two
close
friends’.
Source: The Guardian:
Social networking aside how
many close friends
do you have?

7. WHY?

8. 1. EVERYBODY’S
PRETENDING
2. EVERYBODY’S
ELSEWHERE
3. EVERYBODY NEEDS
TO BE ALONE

9. 1. EVERYBODY’S
PRETENDING

11. THE ADVANTAGE OF
SCREENS IS THAT THEY GIVE
US SOMEWHERE TO HIDE

12. ‘Whenever
there is time
to write, edit
and delete
there is room
for
performance’.
Sherry Turkle,
Alone Together

13. WE FEAR THE ECHO
CHAMBER CREATED BY
COPY AND PASTE

15. ‘We’ve stopped
living life at
face value.
Now we live
life at
interface
value’.
Sherry Turkle,
Alone Together

16. WE SHOULD BE
DOING MORE OF THIS

17. AND LESS OF THIS

18. 2. EVERYBODY’S
ELSEWHERE

19. NOBODY’S
WHERE
THEY ARE

20. NOT EVEN AT WEDDINGS

21. NOT EVEN WITH
THEIR CHILDREN

22. ‘Technology
like iPhones
close us off
from our
ecosystems.
This is why we
don’t take care
of nature.’
Juan Pablo Orrego, 180° South

23. IT’S NOT A NEW PROBLEM
‘In the hopes
of reaching
the moon men
fail to see the
flowers that
blossom at
their feet.’
Albert Schweitzeer

24. BUT HERE AND NOW IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT
PLACE ON EARTH
‘One of my favorite
methods of finding
happiness and
preventing stress is
living in the
moment’.
John Maeda,
Designer, Author, Scientist and
Zen Philosopher

25. 3. EVERYBODY
NEEDS TO BE ALONE

26. THERE
ARE
THREE
AMAZING
BENEFITS
OF
SOLITUDE

27. ATONEMENT TO SELF

28. INTENSIFICATION

29. DISINHIBITION

30. BUT IT’S
ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE
TO BE ALONE
THESE DAYS

31. SO WHAT
SHOULD
WE ALL
DO?

32. LOOK FORWARD TO
THE PAST
‘A solution for a
lot of the
world’s
problems may
be to turn
around and take
a forward step.’
Yvon Chouinard,
Patagonia founder

33. LIVE A LESS
MEDIATED LIFE

34. MYSPACE

35. THANK YOU
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