What If Social Media Never Existed?

By: A. Hemnani

What do you mean, no social media? 

Can you imagine a world without social media? Some argue that it would be a better place, while others depend on it for their every breath. Social media has become such a huge part of our lives that our modern world would collapse without it. Have you ever wondered what our world may look like without social media?

We would go to bed at night without scrolling through TikTok and Instagram, maybe reading a book instead. We would wake up in the morning and not immediately check our messages. We could eat a meal without documenting it to the world. We could go on a trip and not have to constantly stop to take the perfect photo to post.... 

On the other hand, we may go weeks without communicating with our family members who live in other continents. We would have to procure other forms of entertainment and communication. We would have a lot more face to face interactions.  

We can agree that social media has changed our lives drastically, like AI and other innovations and inventions to come. Everything will have positive and negative outcomes and we need to learn how to deal with them and manage all this information that is being thrown at us.