This section talks about how dating has changed because of technology. More people are using dating apps and social media to meet instead of in person, which has made real-life social interactions a lot less common. Places like coffee shops and bookstores don’t see people meeting the same way they used to, since most connections now happen online. It shows how much technology has changed the way we form relationships and how normal it’s become to find someone through a screen instead of face to face.

I always knew Google was huge, but I didn’t really get how deep it goes until I looked more into it. They got YouTube, some biotech thing called Calico, and even Eric Schmidt working with places like Khan Academy and The Economist. It’s kinda wild how they’re involved in everything from tech to education to science. At this point, Google’s not just a search engine, it’s like its own universe. They control so much of what we see online, especially with videos. I read somewhere that around 65% of websites that have videos are connected to Google somehow. That’s insane. It honestly makes me think about how much power they have and how much we depend on them without realizing it. Like every time I’m online, using YouTube or looking something up, I’m in their world without even thinking about it.

Social media has a ton of power over how we think and see stuff, but we also kinda control it too by what we post, like, and share. It’s like this never-ending cycle where we influence it and it influences us right back. I get why a book would call humans “social media” because honestly, we kinda are. We create it, we keep it going. For me, it really hits different since I run my own sports media page with over 3,000 followers. I see how fast people’s opinions can change just from one post or video. It makes me wanna be more careful about what I put out there, making sure it’s real and not just something for clicks. A lot of older folks don’t really know how to tell what’s true online, and that can make them believe stuff that’s totally off. It’s kinda crazy how powerful it all is.

Social media metrics can be pretty unfair, especially when people share their opinions and they’re not ignored, just pushed aside or hidden. Sometimes it feels pointless to even speak up when it’s obvious that someone’s controlling what we see. The internet gives us endless information, but it doesn’t always show the full picture of what’s really happening in the world.

Even though most people in America supported the BLM movement, there was still a lot of hate online, mostly from people spreading false info about George Floyd. This happened because of mass misinformation campaigns that tried to tear the movement down and make it more divisive. That’s why platforms like Facebook and Twitter had to start using fact-checkers to fight the false info being shared.