The Afterword

Tag: social media

  • How I Use Social Media

    —

    by

    Peter
    in

    How do you use social media? How do you use social media? I use social media mostly to keep up with people. Facebook helps me know what friends are doing, where they have been, what their family is up to, and what seems to be filling their lives at the moment. I like that. I…

  • Un-Invent the Algorithm

    —

    by

    Peter
    in

    If you could un-invent something, what would it be? I don’t want to un-invent social media. I want to un-invent the algorithm. Social media has its benefits, and I’m not pretending otherwise. I’m on it because I love people. I like seeing the ordinary texture of my friends’ days, and the small windows it gives…

  • Closer Than You Knew

    —

    by

    Peter
    in

    People have always told stories—about gods who died,about love that survives death,about light returning after darkness. Before theology,before churches,there were questionsand songsand open hands. We reached outbecause something in usknew there was more. Some saythese old storieswere just wrong turns—ways of avoiding God. But I thinkthey were honest guesses,not perfect,but not pointless. They came from…