Point of view: Cogs in the machine
Molly Flatt
We were so young. We were so in love. We had so many plans… but it seems that our heady affair with social media is, if not exactly starting to sour, at least entering a more realistic phase, where hyperbolic assumptions are being questioned and complexities starting to emerge. This is a huge relief for those of us bored to the back teeth by the implication that a communications tool can ‘solve’, ‘save’ or ‘revolutionise’ anything. Those are jobs for people, not platforms, and technology can obstruct as much as it...