Achievement 4 by @lakhes Task : Applying Markdowns
Social Media
While i am completing achievement 4 task I want to talk about social media a little, and its effects on our brain. Steemit is a social media platform too but it isn't a one way street, you gain money and knowledge when you put your time and effort in here. I want to talk about the ones that takes your time but gives nothing in return.
What is the danger?
Some social media platforms like ınstagram uses algorithm to keep you engaged to the app so you spend your precious time on it. On the process you probably postpone the things you have to or want to do. Just like being hypnotized you just cant get out. Think about that happening everyday. Wouldn't those things you postponed effect your life? It can. And it does. If you watched the Netflix documentary Social Dilemma you know there are people who are in war with social media claiming it destroys peoples free will.
That brings up the question of what is free will?
According to Britannica Free will, in humans, the power or capacity to choose among alternatives or to act in certain situations independently of natural, social, or divine restraints. But because we are being manipulated to stay on these apps there really isn't a choice anymore. It has become something that we all are accustomed to do. We don't question it.
Free will has to involve some degree of creativity and unpredictability in how you respond to the world. That your future might be more than your past. That you might grow, you might change, you might discover. Now, the thing that counters that is when your reactions to the world are locked into a pattern that, by design, is making you more predictable – for the benefit of someone else.
-JARON LANIER
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So what can we do to protect ourselves? We need to take initiative in this. Maybe years from now governments will enact new laws to protect us from being exploited by these big companies. But by then we have to take control of our time.
― Andy Warhol
congrats on completing this achievement, and good topic too. I think we have to help ourselves with the addiction to social media like those you mentioned. Don't let them shackle your time in the loop and steal your scarce time. See you around more!
Even though it may be tough to do something different than everyone i think staying away from those apps can be achievable. Our brain is our everything we have to take care of it :)Thank you so much for your supportive comment, I do plan to write more from now on as i have more steem power :)
Hi @lakhes ,
I need you to correct following things to verify achievement 04
1 Add source URL's for the gif and the image you have used.
2 Add the source for the following part which you have taken from the source directly.
Thank you
I did it! :)
The link for the image not working .. I think it's a wrong link.
Check this one : https://steemitimages.com/400x0/
How about now?
It's okey now
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Great to see you understand how mark down works do you know about tabular mark downs ?
here's how you could do that , it might be useful while Blogging ❤️
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