This is quite good, surveying the negative effects of social media, though I'm not so stringent.
Read this to motivate you to discipline your social media use.
Social media is a good distribution method, but not a good forum for in-depth interaction.
A helpful review of Critical Race Theory, coming soon to a public school near you.
“I am educating myself.”
These days, this phrase is code for being sympathetic to woke and leftist causes. (Or to tell you that your view is too neanderthal to waste time on.)
Yet, the literal meaning of the phrase is a good one. Be open to learning new things, to having your assumptions challenged.
But who you decide to learn from is really the key. Are you going to learn from Black Lives Matter? From Ibram Kendi’s intolerant and revolutionary “anti-racism”? Or from Scripture and the western canon of great books? They lead you in fundamentally different directions.
“Educating yourself” can be a signal to friends that you really are up to speed with their politically correct agenda, so you can stay on the good side of those who “matter.” For many, it is now a password for entry into dialogue. Others with just as much humility are derided and excluded, for not using the passcode.
It fits the pattern: Orwellian revolutionaries take a phrase full of edifying truth, and twist its meaning to an anti-truth agenda. (Anti-racism is extremely racist; Black Lives Matter really means something else; etc.)
On the other hand, in substance, this phrase, "educate yourself," is a lifelong pursuit of truth, not conforming yourself to the spirit of the world, but letting God transform and renew your heart and mind. (Romans 12:1-2).
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