Music creates bookmarks in our lives. We can flip back to a time
when we heard a song for the first time or when a particular song matched our
mood. That feeling can make an impression that lasts a lifetime.
Social media doesn't do this (yet?).
Social media does not conjure up the same feelings as listening to a song you
haven't listened to in ten or twenty years. For millennials, social media
doesn't transport us back to high school since it was in its mere infancy. For
those that are older social media didn't exist.
Noise is not memorable but when filtered through
rules and principles noise can create music, something desirable to listen to.
Social media not filtered through rules and principles is just noise, unremarkable
and not memorable. However, if we can discipline ourselves to filter social
media through rules and principles (to communicate and connect) then maybe it
becomes memorable.
Maybe someday social media will transport us back in time the way
music does. Maybe someday we read or watch something on social media that makes
a bookmark in our memories and not on our computers that we can flip back to.
