Internet is great. There is no doubt.
I remember when I grew up and internet and computers just started to become a thing for the middle-class. If used correctly, it was a way to find information about things that interested you. Cellphones started becoming a thing at this time too, so I found a lot of information about cellphones. I read about the Nokias and knew "everything" that you needed to know about the phones. There were not a lot of them at that time, so learning "everything" was quick.
Using the internet to gain knowledge today is even easier. But there is so much information about everything, just consider how many results you get when you google something. Usually millions, right?
To use the internet successfully in this era, I think you need to have some basic skills. Like critical thinking to know whether what you read is true or false. Is someone trying to mislead you? And perhaps, even more important, trying to figure out what somebody is trying to gain by putting the content out there.
That is where social media makes things difficult. Content creators will put out content to make it. By making it, you can work full-time with social media (and become what is called an "influencer") and turn your life around.
Remember when the road to being famous were restricted? You could be an author, artist, be in a reality show and things of that nature. Now you can make great (or even not so great...) content on social media.
So in this era where most people use social media, the world around us has grown much larger. If you are old, like me, perhaps you remember comparing to someone on your highschool. Maybe the coolest, most fit person? Well, now the highschool students get to compare themselves with the coolest and most fit persons in the world through social media.
Surely, with this addition to our lives, it must be harder to stay sane and confident in the path you decided for yourself.
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