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The "problem" (really, what makes it great) with social media is that it isn't real. You can adopt a different "persona" and explore ideas that are incompatible with the person you actually are, making it a fantastic way to learn. The, uh, "no so with it" crowd sometimes becomes confused by what it is, but such is life. Nothing is perfect.

The real experience is also there to explore, and is worth exploring, but there is also value in trying something else once in a while, and that is what social media offers. After all, if it were just a digital duplication of outside, why wouldn't you just go outside?



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