The world went into panic mode when the world's largest social media company went offline. The day before a whistleblower on the company's immoral practices appeared on a TV show 60 Minutes. I say it is way too coincidental that after the dirty laundry came out the network went down completely. We honestly will never know what the real reason was for the collapse of the network. But what I do know is that the world learned that they can have life after Facebook. Secondly, for one company to have sixty percent or more of the world on its knees is way too much power. Whatever happened to the Anti-trust Law?
Ivan Pavlov a scientist for Russia in the 1890s discovered classical conditioning using dogs and food to see their reaction when food was placed before them. The dogs started salivated just hearing the assistant walking the food over to them. The natural response was a learned behavior. Humans can be conditioned just like the dogs in Pavlov's tests. We hear a ping or a ding from our phone, tablet, PC we instantly pick up our device or run to our device to see what is going on. I have caught myself doing it. Facebook knows this and has used algorithms to make humanity addicted to the social media site no different than a pusher gets people to become users, heroin addicts, and meth heads. So yesterday half the world was jonesing for social media.
I have been reading and hearing about a lot of people who found that they were more calm and productive once they got over the shock of no social media to use. Some businesses found a deeper connection with their customers because they actually talked with them on the phone instead of on Messenger. People starting looking up instead of down at their devices. Life around people was quiet because there were no pings and dings around them. The mind and body had a time of rest from the tension of social media.
I thought about how Jesus used social connection and the sharing of news, thoughts, feelings, and stories without social media technology. Jesus started one on one with people and then word of mouth from person to person until crowds gathered to hear what Jesus had to share in the synagogues, fields, mountainsides, lakes sides, and people's homes. Later on, the Apostles started writing what Jesus was sharing so social media was also going in the direction of the written word. Jesus reached the world when there was no Facebook, Twitter, or any other type of modern social media. It can still be done today by simply telling the person next to you about the love and sacrifice of Jesus Christ for them.
Matthew 28:16-20
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
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