tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987840984406209544.post7145973501492550837..comments2010-03-26T18:28:53.360-07:00Comments on Adventures in Otherland: Connected; for better or for worse, 'til death do us part... or maybe longer!?Shaktihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797967968818186521noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7987840984406209544.post-72002529702832699242009-10-22T09:28:51.004-07:002009-10-22T09:28:51.004-07:00I think it's important to differentiate wheth...I think it's important to differentiate whether any given negative impetus is inherent in Facebook or, rather, something that originates in me and emerges via the Network. <br /><br />(Facebook/My Ego) wants me to induldge the aesthetic paradigms of Western society.<br /><br />(Facebook/My Ego) wants me to compare my successes with others. <br /><br />(Facebook/My Ego) compartmentalizes the wholeness of my being.<br /><br />There's something about Facebook that gratifies our base desires and stokes the fire of Ego; I think if we're aware of how Ego operates within the system we can gain some control.<br /><br />Further reading up on the "Uses and Gratifications Theory" might interest you in regards to this topic :)<br /><br />Miss you girl.Sarah Kathleen Farrellhttp://www.sarahkathleenfarrell.comnoreply@blogger.com