Jan 4, 2011

The value of nothing... $50 Billion

Welcome to 2011.http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/images/facebook-cartoon.jpg
Yesterday Goldman Sachs and a Russian firm called Digital Sky Technologies have pumped $500 million into Facebook.

Worthless idea of social networking is now valued at $50 billion... more than eBay, Yahoo! or Time Warner.

You have 500 million people playing Farmville and mindless banter... telling the world how wasted they got last night.

How has Facebook benefited mankind for the Billion$ wasted in lost time and productivity it has stolen?

How many families, marriages and relationships has it destroyed for every "fictitious friend" people gained?

Social websites "toxic" to children's brains....

'I'm hardly against technology and computers. But before they start social networking, they need to learn to make real relationships with people.'

Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are said to shorten attention spans, encourage instant gratification and make young people more self-centred.
 
Experts are concerned children's online social interactions can 'rewire' the brain
'We are seeing children's brain development damaged because they don't engage in the activity they have engaged in for millennia.
Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned.