Lately, the internet seems to feed negativity

Life & Living
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been re-examining my reliance on the internet and the importance I place on it in my everyday life. In many instances, there’s no denying it’s benefits from online purchases and banking, to streaming services and DIY information. But there’s something else readily available at our finger tips – something that’s not always easily detected as we bounce around from one site to another. It was during my re-examination that it became evidently clear how many websites, which I visit with some regularity, had become nothing more than a sea of negative information and sensational headlines. Even sites with no political agenda had begun spewing and supporting hateful propaganda in order to sway an impressionable society one way or the other. The internet feeds negativity…
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Google yourself some time – it’s amazing what’s out there

Life & Living
Every so often I “Google” my name – just to make sure there isn’t anything out there that I don’t know about. Thankfully, in all the years I’ve been doing this, nothing has surfaced to cause me any alarm. What amazes me though is just how much of my life is out there - articles, Tweets, presentations from previous employment, awards and even testimonials I’ve offered on retail websites. To say I feel a little violated that all of this is swirling around out there would be an understatement. However, what does surprise me is how much of my personal information somehow found its way onto the Internet. Maybe I’m just naïve. My home address is there and easily found. My wife’s name, parents, sister and even where I went…
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