<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″>The article “Social Media is Warping Democracy” explores the detriments of having<span class=”Apple-converted-space”> </span>social platforms that are too accessible and how it effects the way we communicate with one another. Social media essentially began as a way to interact with friends on the internet but it’s shifted into a very permanent routine in our lives. I agree with several points the author makes about social media having a negative impact on human interaction. Platforms like Instagram and Twitter can be a place where some may only feel validated if they get a lot of “likes” and “retweets”. Focusing solely on Twitter, if you’ve ever browsed on the app you know that it’s </span>rare for people with differing opinions to communicate in a respectful, orderly manner. This is because it’s not just two people having a conversation; it’s two people having a conversation for the entire world to see. With that big of an audience, the actual context of the situation can lose importance and instead become a contest of who gets the most retweets. However, while I do see the valid points the author makes, there are some sections that I don’t entirely agree with. The section “The Decline of Wisdom” discusses how the increase in the consumption of information (that’s made possible by various social medias) can misguide us. The author compares it to the “filtration process” older ideas went through to get passed down through generations. I agree to an extent that having multiple ideas coming at you all at once can lead to misjudgment; but one can argue that there could be valuable information, conversations, ideas, etc. that didn’t get passed down because the “filter” deemed it as insignificant. It should also be noted who usually had a say in what was / wasn’t important in the past, and who didn’t have a say at all.</p>
