I only have social media to monitor my sons’ music career and to try and promote my as yet to be published (or finished) book, and mostly I’m incognito online.

Being a clinical psychologist and an old guy I have seen the damage social media has caused in our society. Of course it isn’t the only factor but since the proliferation of social media suicide rates and mood disorders like anxiety and depression have gone through the roof in our young people. That is a correlation I just can’t ignore.

Not to mention the fuel social media throws on the fire of the descent and separation in my country. It just isn’t worth it.

In my mind social media, like trickle down economics, was a fun experiment which should be ended.