A Modern Cave
Social media limits and skews reality as humanity falls into a virtual world with no awareness of our own existence, mental and physical. On the left of the image above, social media - in all its forms - engulf the man's vision and attention albeit the engaging physical beauty within his reach. A wave of social media clouds his sight of the vibrant earth around him and corrodes his emotional and physical wisdom. As he chooses to mentally drown himself in worthless information, constant, useless, facets of human self-importance overtake all his time and efforts. Blindly following societal trends, he loses the ability to actively think and interact with his surroundings, similar to the individuals in the cave.
Choosing ignorance of reality disintegrates the knowledge of his own character and mental state. Social media becomes his truth in a holistic sense; the pursuit of constant media feed becomes the only important aspect of his existence. Whilst idolising social media, he submits to the illusion of happiness in his consumerised content and fails to escape his dark surroundings. The only light he sees is from the screen of his device, continuously clouding his perspective of his role in the surrounding world community. He accepts the words of others as absolute truth instead of seeking more insight into the world around him. By not actively pursuing his own understanding of his surrounding, his knowledge and perspective is limited to the assumptions of his fellow companions.
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