Bishop Barron on Social Media and the Catholic Culture of Contempt

[Guest]

This was good like most of Barron's videos. I've cut way back on Facebook and Twitter where arguments fester. Only IG now for me lol It's pretty calm and chill there. And of course I've used this website to be guilty of the sins he addresses here. Unfortunately I think forums encourage this and even thrive off it. I still feel strongly about opinions I've expressed but without love it doesn't matter even if my arguments are right. To those I've sinned against I ask for your forgiveness. Thank you.

Edited August 16, 2020 by Guest

[Kateri89]

I think he hits the nail on the head in this video.  To add to the points that he made, I’d also say that social media just makes me anxious and miserable.  In theory, it’s all just a neutral platform.  In practice, it’s most often toxic.

[Anastasia]

8 hours ago, Kateri89 said:

To add to the points that he made, I’d also say that social media just makes me anxious and miserable.  In theory, it’s all just a neutral platform.

Actually, FB and alike are not natural by their design. First of all, it forces on a person a castrated format of thought (short messages) and, most importantly, the Pavlovian system of rewards, "likes". It is now established by some sci-experiments that a person who receives "like" experiences a flow of endorphins. Interestingly, those "likes" create a fake universe; a brain perceives them as an equivalent of a real liking in a real life. They also can be a tool of a social pressure. Hence, perhaps you simply feel the falsity of that world and this is why it causes sadness and anxiety.

It is also easy to get addicted to that stuff and it destroys a prayer life (at least it is so for me).

[Kateri89]

8 hours ago, Anastasia said:

Actually, FB and alike are not natural by their design. First of all, it forces on a person a castrated format of thought (short messages) and, most importantly, the Pavlovian system of rewards, "likes". It is now established by some sci-experiments that a person who receives "like" experiences a flow of endorphins. Interestingly, those "likes" create a fake universe; a brain perceives them as an equivalent of a real liking in a real life. They also can be a tool of a social pressure. Hence, perhaps you simply feel the falsity of that world and this is why it causes sadness and anxiety.

It is also easy to get addicted to that stuff and it destroys a prayer life (at least it is so for me).

 

8 hours ago, Anastasia said:

Actually, FB and alike are not natural by their design. First of all, it forces on a person a castrated format of thought (short messages) and, most importantly, the Pavlovian system of rewards, "likes". It is now established by some sci-experiments that a person who receives "like" experiences a flow of endorphins. Interestingly, those "likes" create a fake universe; a brain perceives them as an equivalent of a real liking in a real life. They also can be a tool of a social pressure. Hence, perhaps you simply feel the falsity of that world and this is why it causes sadness and anxiety.

It is also easy to get addicted to that stuff and it destroys a prayer life (at least it is so for me).

Oh I agree with everything you’re saying.  I just mean that theoretically it’s just a platform where anyone can talk to one another, but in reality people tend to be really nasty and political, oftentimes bullying and doxxing others.  It’s emotionally draining and spiritually dangerous.