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The statistics are shocking: 210 million people suffer from social media and internet addiction worldwide. Social media disagreements cause one in three divorces. 91% of Gen Z’ers experienced emotional or physiological stress-related symptoms from social media. (from Marisa Peer Newsletter) Social Media app founders/owners and big corporations don’t care about how you feel. In fact they want you to feel bad about yourself and life so you buy many things to try and improve it. They cash in. We all want a loving partner and now this is the playground: As a guy on Social Media, you are competing for attention with other guys, who are showing off and showcase their real? success and wealth often times with rented cars, houses and girls. As a girl, you are not competing with other girls. You are competing with filters, photoshop and in many cases a team of plastic surgeons, hired PR companies and even porn stars showing OFF.  In both cases it is a battle that you can not win. Let me rep...

The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen on Vimeo Can Social Media be a substitute for real friends, honest conversation and a true connection to family? Does it improve our lives or actually just pretend to solve our problems - first and foremost the feeling of being alone and unheard? Wouldn't we be better off, replacing short, edited texts by deep, real life conversations and connections? "The Innovation Of Loneliness" by Shimi Cohen , is taking a critical look at this matter. His video, was inspired by Sherry Turkle's TED Talk "Connected But Alone" . There, the Sociologist suggests that relationships and our self image, are only available in edited form online. That some people do not know how to hold a real conversation anymore, because it is happening in real time and doesn't give them the opportunity to cut certain stuff out. Now, before you agree and put your phone away forever - watch both clips here to shape your o...