SOCIAL

Compelled by the opportunity for connection.

People you haven’t spoken to in years.

And others, whom you know a little, or maybe not at all,

Can tell you they like you or what you said.

You spend your expiring life

Trying to get back to that first high,

But never really getting there.

“Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness”

The point,

Isn’t to connect.

It’s to look.

Even though what we’re looking at

Is violent,

Or repugnant,

Makes us angry,

Or irritated,

Even when we’re not looking.

That’s what’s happening,

Right now.