We’re Living in a 1990s Science Fiction Movie— And It’s Not The Matrix.
Social media has changed everything… even real life
I was born in 1992.
As such, I was lucky enough to experience the world before and after the invention of social media.
From adjusting rabbit ears on tube televisions to streaming hours of content with the tap of a finger, I’ve seen the world evolve into the semi-fictional blip in time we call the present.
Social media has not only changed the way we consume media — but the world around us.
It’s allowed muted voices to be heard and expanded the horizons of talented entrepreneurs around the world. But, it’s also split our current reality in two — bringing with it a litany of mental health hurdles.
Here’s how being born pre-1997 makes you a trailblazer, as we look to navigate this new world. And how it’s become terrifyingly reminiscent of a 1990s science fiction classic.
Growing up, Fridays were movie nights.
For as long as I can remember, after dinner on Fridays, we’d head over to our local Blockbuster to pick up movies for the evening. My parents divorced when I was young, so each…
