A vast number of those under the age of 35 spend between six and eight hours a day using computer simulated games, essentially in a world far from reality. And, what's worse, the vast and expanding realm of social media are designed to bring out and leverage the worst in their users, all negative affects such as anger and malicious envy. It is a toxic environment. The core philosophy of social media is asocial. They want you divorced or with no friends. They want your eyeballs on the screen at all times....more eyeballs, more advertising, more money for them.
There is malice in social media platforms, they leverage elements of narcissism and violence, that is why there is so much trolling and hatred.
Today I have with us Professor Sam Vaknin, professor of psychology and author of over a dozen books on narcissism including Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited, The Narcissist on Instagram: Epigrams and Observations, and Toxic Relationships: Abuse and Its Aftermath.
Prof. Vaknin's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@samvaknin
How I "Became" a Narcissist by Sam Vaknin: https://samvak.tripod.com/narcissisticroots.html
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