Relationship coach Sadia Khan tells Lewis Howes at The School of Greatness how social media hurt our relationships. In her words, the impact of technology leads to a complete identity crisis in men and women, with external, extrinsic values that do not benefit anybody, manifesting in self-inflicted depression and loneliness—something I described previously in a different way in the instability of ambiguity.
I recommend you watch the video in its entirety.
As a female friend recently reminded me whilst building startups in Silicon Valley, I predicted this would happen when Facebook launched publicly in 2006. The Internet allows us to connect with each other, which can be a good thing. How we do so requires, in the words of Albert Einstein, the development of a proven theory that determines what can be discovered.
No technology company has developed a proven theory by which the efficacy of humanity is served. No scientist would get away with having a theory adopted by the public without proof. Only a bamboozle of technology sold to the greater fool can.
I suggest we pull the reins of laissez-faire governance and verify that technological advancement leads to human advancement before we allow it to run free and poison our world.
