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Social Media: Good or Bad?

We’ve heard the pros and cons.  Social media has been called everything from de facto democracy to ceaseless selfie.  What if three great minds could get together and debate the issue?  That’s the idea I pitched to Hollywood.  Every word of dialogue in the following screenplay is authentic, except for those of your humble host, which are made up.  All panelists and phone-in guests speak in their own words, quoted verbatim (though out of context, of course).

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You Say You Want a Revolution?

♫  You say you want a revolution.  Well you know, we all want to change the world.
♫  You say you’ve got a real solution.  Well you know, we’d all love to see the plan.

I’m not sure how I feel about revolutions, but I do have a plan.  It’s disheartening to peer out over a sociopolitical landscape of selfishness, inequity, corruption, and violence; I’m just not convinced that the key to those recalcitrant puzzle boxes is conventional rebellion.  Maybe I’m too old for that sh*t.  Nevertheless, I looked into the matter.

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