9 min

Singular Thinking is Dividing Us... It's Time to Rethink How We Design Social Media Interaction‪.‬ The Download

    • Technology

It's incredible how fast information disseminates across the internet. It seems like a daily occurrence where we are learning about the latest shooting, the next stupid craze or challenge that people are involved in, or how a company recently mishandled millions of profiles worth of user data. The way information is being shared and advertised are driving us towards silos of singular and reinforced thinking that is driving the nation apart. It's time to rethink how we design social media interaction and realize how much influence social media has on our society.

It's incredible how fast information disseminates across the internet. It seems like a daily occurrence where we are learning about the latest shooting, the next stupid craze or challenge that people are involved in, or how a company recently mishandled millions of profiles worth of user data. The way information is being shared and advertised are driving us towards silos of singular and reinforced thinking that is driving the nation apart. It's time to rethink how we design social media interaction and realize how much influence social media has on our society.

9 min

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