He say, She say

Great minds:
talk about people,

Average minds:
talk about events,

Small minds:
talk about people

 - Eleanor Roosevelt

As I sift through the vast world of social networks, I see my society, my generation in its purest form. I see who we are, see what makes us tick and most importantly see the emergence and development of a wide variety of people. But I seldom see anything of substance, anything inspiring or motivating



I would be a hypocrite to say I've never blogged or tweeted something negative about someone else, but "when in Rome..."

I hate to think of myself falling into being a product of my environment, but is entirely too easy. It is what we do; spend hours in front of our computers or phones looking into the lives of others wasting precious time talking about it.  Trying to find the subliminal meaning in a friend's facebook status, yea, we've done it. Seeing that scandalous picture and making phone calls  And its not just us, its perpetuated by the media as gossip sites promote this sensationalism.

I refuse to fall into the disease which plagues my mini-feed and my Twitter timeline. Its disheartening, to say the least. No one talks about anything of importance, anything that truly matters. I hear the phrase, "your too deep" sometimes, but that's far from the truth. I'm not deep, I'm just aware. There is a vast difference. The world is changing at lightening speed, and unfortunately many of my friends fail (miserably) to see the changes.

The dopest people I know spend hours talking about ideas. Sure, they may have vices such as drugs and alcohol, but their conversations inspire and push me to think of worlds that never were. For years, I've sat in rooms or cars listening to discussions about nothing, nodding my head in agreement, but deep down I know I'm just a part of a never-ending cycle.

America, no, the world needs ideas. The world doesn't need the majority of its youth spending hours on Twitter and Facebook. Now, I'm not saying these networks aren't great tools for development, but when over-used and mis-used they can be avenues for loathing and finger-pointing.

Life is meant to be lived, not tweeted. Spending all of one's time looking at what other people are doing is stupid. What kind of life do you have when all you do is continually look at what others are doing. Yes, its fine to check up on the happenings of friends, but wasting days, hours, doing so is backward development.