Recent Blogs

Welcome to my blog section. The world is a complex place and I like to take some time to break down some of the issues that we as a society live with. Enjoy and please leave any feedback you think appropriate.

The Negative Effects of Social Media on Interpersonal Communication

This is a huge topic and I’ve already written extensively about it in blogs and other articles you can find on this website. New ones will be published every week. This piece seeks to put a different perspective on what I see as a major issue. In November 2022 I gave a TED Talk on this topic...

The Negative Effects of Social Media on Mental Health

According to Harvard Medical School Affiliate, McLean Hospital, when people look online and see they’re excluded from an activity, it can affect their thoughts and feelings, and even affect them physically...

The Negative Effects of Social Media Addiction on Physical Health

Prior to the birth of Facebook in February 2004, if you wanted a proper catch-up with a friend or family member, you had to arrange to physically meet them...

The Negative Effects of Social Media on Society

Iit seems these days some mothers are no longer just sharing family pictures but are on social media to make money...

The Negative Effect of Social Media on Critical Thinking

Social media provides fertile ground for radical changes in the way engaged users think by degrading their thinking process. My main finding is that regular social media use trains people to rely too heavily on heuristic or Fast Thinking, leaving them vulnerable to a further 5 psychological flaws that naturally reside in our evolutionary makeup...

Social Media Addiction Statistics for 2022

Statista reveals that a staggering 90% of people aged 18-29 state they use social media in any form available, meaning they are at the highest risk of becoming social media addicts.

How to Stop Social Media Addiction

A paragraph in an article published by the Harvard Business Review neatly sums up the problem with social media...
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