Living in the hive

December 26, 2019•68 words

I don't do social media anymore.
I despair for our future. It's desperate. Our relationships with these companies are completely asymmetrical. And they have tested it out on the youngest, most vulnerable members of our society.
People are not meant to be constantly connected. You can't be a functioning individual if you grow up in a hive. A bee, if it is separated from its swarm, can't survive.

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