Socialize Without Socializing

     We live in a world that pushes us to socialize with others. But what is the actual goal? Many years ago, socializing with others was knowing our neighbour's name, saying hello to our post officer every morning, knowing that the baker's son had graduated, or that there would be a book club meeting with friends next Friday. Nowadays, being sociable consists of having an account on social networks, uploading photos and posting very often, and achieving as many likes as possible. We have thousands of friends on our social media, but we only see 5% or less of them each year. Is this socialization what the world demands of us? Or is it the corporations that push us to this new way of interacting? We advance more and more in a world that connects us to disconnect us. We can reduce time and space and be connected with people from all over the world more fluidly. But are we really connected with them? Privacy changed; it no longer means keeping things for yourself, but all your information can only be held by a corporation and not shared with others. There we go. A private world, which is not private. A connected world that is not connected.

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