The alarm goes off, and after pressing snooze more times than I promise myself the night before, I pry my eyes open to read what happened in the world over night. Queue Twitter and Facebook. The endless stream of nonsensical jargon and new highlights update me on the last 8 hours in world history.
Throughout the day in between meetings and writing reports, I'll flick to the pages of Twitter and FB, lest I miss a pivotal moment. Currently we are all glued to news from Libya and Christchurch, with the occasional tweet from Parliament and Perez Hilton. I'm finding it hard today to think of much else after seeing images so horrific I will think twice before opening another Twit Pic hash-tagged Libya. When such tragedy and suffer is unfolding around our globe, and we are privy to specs of information, it seems heartless to tweet about a funny video found on Youtube, or the great salad I made for lunch.
Is social networking controlling the way you live your life? Does reading the news headlines make you feel like slightly guilty for enjoying your life when others are suffering so harshly?
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