The triviality of social media
When we look around, in places where there is a mass of people, the first thing we notice is that most of them stay with their heads down, their nape to the sky and their face to the ground. ¿What is the cause of this? They’re looking at their smartphones. The current necessity of being aware if there is new tweet from our favorite celebrity, a new polemic rant on Facebook or if we got a new follower on Instagram has produced a social transformation that reflects on the shallowness of people. As everything becomes more quick and contingent, we can see less deep. In my opinion, this had lead us to a sad paradox: currently most people have internet and social media access, which should make communication and social relationships more fluid than ever; instead, electronic devices have managed to place a curtain separating us, faking real connection and giving us just simulacra of reality. People can easily alter the image they project on social media, based on what they think is c...