Welcome to the Commian podcast. This is Jeff Krasnow. So many of you may receive my weekly

Sunday commusing article where I address a breadth of societal issues from the spiritual to the political.

And on occasion, I will also record an

audio version of these essays and release it as a bonus episode. So today's podcast is derived

from my article inspired by the recent documentary, The Social Dilemma, which takes a hard

look at the personal and societal implications of social media usage.

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So without further ado, here is this week's commusing entitled Antisocial Media. Thank you. media.

Come on, honey, not at the dinner table.

Anyone with a teenager knows what this futile request refers to.

And candidly, I raised my hand, guilty as charged, for a sneaking and under-the-table peek at my Instagram between

helpings. What did we use to do in the back seat on those long family drives? Sing songs,

play the alphabet game, just be bored. Now we furnish our beloved progeny with glowing screens

that stream endless cat videos and much worse.

And they can't put them down. Of course, while they may never listen to us, they never fail

to imitate us. How many of us grown-ups routinely and mindlessly grab our devices within

five minutes of waking up? Be honest. But don't be too hard on yourself.

You may be convinced of your own free will, but remember what you're up against. Deep Blue,

a computer developed by IBM, beat Gary Kasparov in chess despite the fact that he had been playing

since he was seven and reigned as world champion for 20 years,

and that was in 1997, a year prior to the founding of Google. Imagine the supercomputer, your

self-determination is buying against now. Since I'll spend the balance of our time together

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