Alan Shlemon at Stand to Reason has written a thought-provoking piece called “How 2020 Is
Taking a Toll on Your Soul” about the effects of the internet in the last
five months on society in general and Christians in particular. To nobody’s
surprise, in COVID lockdown we have been spending record
amounts of time online. In the UK, the highest percentage increase in time spent
online is among those over the age of 54.
As a result, I’ve felt it and I’m sure you have too: that
indefinable malaise and “inordinate pressure to say the right thing”. Shlemon
argues it’s partly a consequence of the false sense of omnipresence and omniscience
social media inspires.