Facebook is Evil
That is my comment whenever Facebook is brought up. I usually get a chuckle in response and a reply of something like, “Yes, I don’t really like it”.
But I persist, “No, it is really evil”. I could, and probably will, give my Top Ten Reasons Why Facebook is Evil. But tonight, just one.
It contributes to people focused on unimportant things. Look what I have. Look at what I bought. Look at the trip I just took. Just another incessant thing trying to plug you into the Matrix of materialism.
As a philosopher 2300 years ago said…
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus
And then further…
All the progress humanity has made over the centuries, the technological advances, the scientific knowledge… and yet ancient words are still profound.