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Social Life 2.0

July 9, 2009 9:42 pm

Social Life 2.0
Or a fad of the modern ego

Am I just being silly
Or is there a valid warning

A new frontier of possibility
Or the same old lie of technology

Broadcast a thought immediately
Or miss the chance for intimacy

Organized threads of efficiency
Or forget how to dialogue meaningfully

Every moment captured visually
Or is every picture meant for all to see

Life shared whimsically
Or cheapened with flippancy

Distant friendships tingle with activity
Or do fleshly neighbors retain anonymity

Share the spotlight equally
Or disenfranchise others’ dignity

Business finds a fertile new campaign
Or do friendships become network marketing

Our lives joined with cyberspace
Or no attention left for shared space

No need to ever again be lonely
Or is solitude avoided perpetually

Thank Zuckerberg for a new context of community
Or should we look to old Wendell Berry

Categories: Poetry, Social Networking, Technology
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A Man’s Right…

3:38 pm

Lest it should be possible that any unchildlike soul might, in arrogance and ignorance, think to stand upon his rights against God, and demand of Him this or that after the will of the flesh, I will lay before such a possible one some of the things to which he has a right… He has a claim to be compelled to repent; to be hedged in on every side: to have one after another of the strong, sharp-toothed sheep dogs of the Great Shepherd sent after him, to thwart him in any desire, foil him in any plan, frustrate him of any hope, until he come to see at length that nothing will ease his pain, nothing make life a thing worth having, but the presence of the living God within him.

~George MacDonald, A Man’s Right