Social media\u2019s given us all a lot of power. Now, our words and images can be delivered around the globe, instantly. Our ideas, secrets, our too much information, business plans, collaborations, with or without our tacit permission, are made available globally, in an instant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social media is the tool that\u2019s opened the veritable Pandora\u2019s Box of connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We do. It\u2019s ours. It is our Pandora\u2019s Box. Like the original Pandora\u2019s Box, ours contains our ills and sickness. These are the trolls and hackers, spammers and phishers. And they are our penchant for sharing too much information with too many strangers, too often. We\u2019ve all done it. Drunk with the elixir of a personal media platform and the power to publish right now, when we are most inspired !!!!, we publish. Anything. Anytime. Anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just did. It was a quick riff on the difference between trickle-down economics and our current stimulus plan. I\u2019m not an economist. But, I\u2019m a taxpayer with a blog. I wrote it, published it. Still, I am guaranteed to remain without a Pulitzer. But, maybe, it connects and inspires someone else who has the same question. Maybe it will spur them on to clarify their question or idea or solution. It always helps me clarify my thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t