Take two statements: One positive and another intrinsically negative. Post both of them on social media sites. Empirical evidence is that negative news travels lightening faster than positive. Why so?
Media is becoming negativity engine and somewhere it has made it a hidden persuader inside us that we do not recognize. People enjoy reading such news and someone somewhere is getting richer with every single click on Internet or TV. Take a count of news items that causes anexcitement in all of us, their quality. These small engines of negativity are slowly taking over human senses and in next 25 years you can imagine the situation. Do not watch TV news for a day and miss all negative posts in social media and assess how you felt all day. Believe me if I run a tool to block negative news from social sites and new channels that day might result only 30% hit vs. daily average which is a tremendous revenue loss to technology companies and news channels. I do not condemn technology and media but how it is being used or persuaded to use in our society is questionable.
Like food is to our stomach, reading/watching is meal to our brain which influences us at physical, emotional and spiritual level. Please remember aforementioned channels are means to spread awareness/information rather making 200 interpretations of a single statement and presenting it in a format that causes mental/social disturbance. I still remember my childhood days when 20 minutes of succinct Doordarshan news was sufficient to gain awareness and general knowledge. Do we really spend 20 minutes now a days?
I request all of you to do an experiment and take notes somewhere…..
1- HOW SOCIAL MEDIA & NEWS CHANNEL'S ARE IMPROVING YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE EVERYDAY?
2- HOW MANY HOURS IN TOTAL YOU SPEND ON THESE MEANS?
3- HOW MUCH TIME YOU SHOULD SPEND ON THeSE MEANS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF YOUR AND FAMILY LIFE?
4- WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN IF YOU AND YOUR KIDS CONTINUE IN THIS MODE? IMAGINE 3 GENERATIONS FROM YOURSELF?
5- WHAT ARE THE 3 THREE THINGS THAT YOU CAN CHANGE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
My effort is to make you selfish for a moment, I think if individual selfishness results in improved quality of life than collectively be an improved social outcome.
2 comments:
You have such an interesting blog. Thanks for sharing. I'm a self-help blog author and reading blogs is my hobby and I randomly found your blog. I enjoyed reading your posts. All the best for your future blogging endeavors. Please keep in touch with me in Twitter, @selfhelpnemonik
Thank You Sridhar. I am glad you liked reading these thoughts. I am not a professional writer but I do like to born everyday with a new thought.
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