Bringing the World Togther, In Cyberspace

IS THE ANSWER "SOCIAL MEDIA"? The question is: how to sustain a healthy ecosystem, including humans, plants, and animals, in a world in which humans have developed high technology, with machines capable of doing great damage. Suppose we all join Facebook, all seven point three three seven billion of us. Suppose it is required, by international law. I in fact recently joined it, but haven't decided how to use it, so I rarely do. Baby steps. Maybe if everyone in the world had the opportunity to take selfies, post them online, receive comments on them, then use this platform to branch out and form a personal network of interconnectedness with the whole world, we would all become emotionally satisfied, healthy happy citizens of a socially fulfilled electronic universe, which could be translated into the "real" temporal world. Maybe the problem with the world is not enough social media participation. I recall hearing about an interesting phenomenon on Instagram, in which thousands and even millions of teen aged girls, roughly around age thirteen, gathered together, so to speak, all of them taking selfies and sending them out, then awaiting comments. This was, I believe, primarily an American phenomenon, unsurprisingly. You're in seventh grade, you're a cute girl, but you want to feel...appreciated. Suddenly, in math class, your phone buzzes, and a pic comes in from someone you've never met. You've check it out, and reply, instantly: "oh, you are sooo cute. Thnx 4 the pic". that is apparently the protocol. You send out selfies, and you receiveth selfies. the comments are always prompt, and positive. You're beautiful. you are sooo totally cute. great pic. never a negative word. to wax negative is to violate a sacred protocol. and that's evidently all there is is or was to it. Pictures, and positive reinforcement. what else do people need, in terms of self esteem? And isn't that what the world truly lacks? Whether this is still happening I do not know; it was a couple of years ago. Maybe by now the participants have entered high school, and moved on to other, more ambitious activities. I certainly hope not.