Important Reading Recommendation: The Internet!
As a millennial that has grown up around tech and the Internet, I would have to say some of the most defining aspects of my life could be derived from some form of digital means. Whether it be videogames, TV, smartphones etc. I can attribute much of who I am as a person to the digital age. Before I get a little too ahead of myself and blatantly paint a picture of a neck beard in your mind, it goes without saying that many other defining moments of my life can most certainly be attributed to things not involving anything digital. I played sports all my life, I am an avid lifter of heavy objects and I love to socialize outside of technology.But I stand firmly with the notion that the Internet has undoubtedly molded my ways of thinking as well as help procure great knowledge pertaining to a plethora of subjects. As I clearly strive to not be cut from the same cloth as most of my counterparts I will now provide you with my recommendation as to what I believe you should read: the Internet.
No I did not actually mean for you to attempt to go and read the Internet, if you tried I am not sorry, as I'm sure you may have learned something. No, instead I am recommending a specific niche of the Internet. I am not entirely sure how to specifically narrow down a label for it other than an online community forum of sorts so I will use an example: Reddit. Yes this time I am actually encouraging you to go and read Reddit.com. It is literally called the front page of the Internet, and for good reason to. Keep in mind there are an absurd amount of online community forums out there but for the sake of my own familiarity as well the diverse nature of Reddit I am using them as a reference.So why am I recommending that you should read Reddit? Well there are many reasons but the most important reason I believe why you should is the obtainment of knowledge from your peers. Reddit is an online community, which means although you may not be interacting with another human face to face, you are in fact still interacting with a human and you are actually interacting with many more than you possibly could in person at least in terms of the ease at which it brings tons of people together. This means of interaction is beyond beneficial to anyone as it allows many different perspectives on various topics that people face or come up with. Some of the greatest stories I have ever read have come directly from someone posting in an online forum, they happen to be some of the most genuine reads that you can find. My hypothesis as to why they are so genuine lies within the fact that you are able to read more maintain anonymity (my favorite thing) while also expressing yourself and allowing for yourself to be vulnerable. Yes, the anonymity part can easily be manipulated in the form of fallacies, which goes without saying. But over my years of experience I would have to say I am able to differentiate between what is real and what is not.
