I deleted my facebook account some time ago. Consequently, I went to other social media sites to stay “connected” through information. The funny thing is that those other social media sites are starting to seem just as inane when you see personas instead of people. You can’t connect with a persona in any other way than something schizophrenic, which is the most insincere form of connection. Knowing the self is hard enough when you are alone. Then, when you enter into a dynamic with other poeple, your self is changed, and that self is further changed when someone turns the screw of their personality and makes it a persona. Eventually, the lies told are believed by the liar, and then by everyone else.
I like being alone. I think being alone cuts down on the extraneous mental noise from other people. If everyone is, in a sense, a brand, then I have turned down the advertisements. I sometimes think the advertisements that inundate our lives are just as toxic as the air on a smoggy day; and, like the air, the smog obfuscates my ability to see clearly. I suppose the question arises how the information in the world influences us and how it is used to hide stuff from us while exposing us to something “preferred.” Furthermore, isn’t an advertisement just repeated information aimed at drilling itself into your psyche to get us to act in a certain way? I surmise people aren’t that different from a billboard you pass on the street in how they affect you in the long run. We are nuggets of information after all.
I am me 