Before I start I want to say that I am not totally against social networks. They are a great tool. There is an opportunity through them to learn useful information, to organize events, to connect with other people and many other useful stuff. But another question is how the most people use them. You sail along in social networks?
In one of its aspects, I compare the tide with scroll - the desire to constantly learn something about others, rather than stop and stared at himself rather than read a book, work on a personal project, go out to sports. How exactly will enrich you the knowledge, which - where was it?
Second aspect showing that drifting is your reaction - whatever it is - likes, comments, sharing.
Are you having fun you? Is this your highest form of entertainment? Using technology without moving physically from one place to stay submerged (not by chance the logo facebook is blue) in front of a screen, small or large, and experiencing mental palette of colors that are offered to you - dancing, jokes, funny pictures or a protruding to a friend?
Do you get angry at the people's opinion? Do you read between the lines to recognize the fear that creeps? And do not you realize that placing these posts is just that - they are created to inject that feeling in you. Especially if standing behind is a popular and public figure, page, or media or organization. Entry in any way in the maelstrom but you will score and your friends in it, because as you know, as do public profiles will be visible to all social network and go out in "rivers" of your friends. This way the media and the politicians create a synthetic problem that fill people's minds, to distract and manipulate the actual problems on the agenda, and the agenda of each individual, which will lead to success. Individuals use this technology to promote themselfs. I make no exception, with the small difference that try to promote reading, thinking, creating better habits. Do that stupid pictures, disputes and shares are not a good advertisement? Think again. There is no bad publicity. For others who share with restricted visibility - only personal profiles, it's just scratching the ego.
Do you have compassion, pity and sympathy for people in distress? Unless you do something about it is useless to cry and fill your mind with how much suffering there is in the world. This will not help. Suffering in the world is the result of personal thoughts and actions of every person individually and all of us as a whole. Even if you are super rich, it is impossible to help everyone. Scientists have found that the quantum level of whether the particles will be fabric or wool depends on the observer. The state of the world depends on the universe, from which it looks. Everyone creates and brings something good or bad about the world through thoughts and actions. With thoughts and actions towards a clear goal in your personal and professional life can turn the personal wave. With united common action to clear objective can turn the tsunami in society. But it will require a long way, starting with the most difficult task - to change the tide in itself.