Forgetting the Upside - Akira the Don, Gary Vaynerchuk

I view social media

As a mirror

I think what people are putting out

Is an incredible indicator of what’s inside of them

So right now there’s a lot of political anxiety

There’s a lot of ideological anxiety

And so what we’re seeing is

A lot of judgment

We consume as animals

And I think if one feels overwhelmed

They should stop consuming

Stop consuming

I don’t put social media consumption

In a very different place

Than the films and music

And books that one reads

The collective replies of people’s angst

Is no different than Kurt Cobain’s singular angst

And I think we’re forgetting the upside

There’s so much love and greatness going on every day

Forgetting the upside

Humans find what they’re looking for

We’re forgetting the upside

There’s so much love and greatness going on every day

Forgetting the upside

Humans find what they’re looking for

I think it’s great

I don’t care about social media

I really don’t

I care about humans communicating with each other

I’m fascinated by communication

And I’m fascinated that we now have a collective ability

To communicate at a scale that we’ve never seen before

And I think right now

People are focusing on the downside of that

They’re signing into Twitter to find a fight

Or to find somebody to fight with

To see some negativity

You’re gonna find it

I think if you go to Twitter or Instagram

To find

Happiness and positivity

It’s there

At scale

And I think we’re forgetting the upside

There’s so much love and greatness going on every day

Forgetting the upside

Humans finds what they’re looking for

We’re forgetting the upside

There’s so much love and greatness going on every day

Forgetting the upside

Humans finds what they are looking for