Personal views on Social Media and Society

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In the most recent tragic events that happened in Fort Worth, I caught myself thinking "This could have easily been avoided if the necessary precautions were taken". Instead of taking into consideration the lives that were lost, changed, and quite possibly forever ruined,  I was simply thinking of ways this can be avoided in the future. I first thought that I was a monster for not being able to empathize with these people, but Social Media has changed the ability to empathize with human beings. Do we simply not care, or do we choose to overlook these issues? Many researchers connect the inability to empathize directly to social media but with this technology giving us the ability to communicate with others with others with ease, why is our ability to empathize challenged? Social Media creates this bridge between Creator and Viewer which, at first glance, should facilitate the ability to place themselves in someone else's shoes from the sheer amount of content we are prese...