Hello there, how’s everything? Observing events and then commenting about them on social media has become our national religion. We anxiously wait for the next celebrity to screw up, another politician to be caught in a sex scandal, the verdict in an even higher profile murder trial or simply a friend to do something stupid so that we can quickly begin worshipping at the altar of the social media platform of our choice to offer our (or read others’) opinions, jokes, jibes and the occasional insightful thought. Thanks to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube and a host of other social media platforms, all the world’s now truly a stage and we are all players in the reality show of life, either as the stars or as the self-appointed pundits. In the past, people would recount where they were when an historic event occurred. In the future, we will instead recall what we tweeted, posted or read on social media platforms about such events. Yes, it’s fun and I’m guilty of doing the same thing but here is my growing concern:- Are we becoming the laziest generation? I know that in today’s increasingly complex and challenging world, it seems that one individual can’t have an impact on the issues facing our country or our planet but you can, and if you choose to, you will. That’s all for now, thanks for reading my crappy opinion…
p/s:- I’m not in any way advocating that we should stopping using social media. In fact, please follow me on Twitter or add me on Facebook and Google+ but if there is an issue you really want to make a difference on, it will take more than a tweet of 140 characters or updating your Facebook status to do it… 
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