Kindness, Cynicism, and a Better World: A Contemplative Approach to Social Media — and Digital Civility

I don’t think it’s very shocking to acknowledge that we live in a cynical world.

We have learned, especially over the last fifty years, to take pretty much everything our political and cultural leaders say with a hefty grain of salt. In the 1960s, it was fashionable for young people to say, “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Of course, those same young people — if they lived long enough — soon were over thirty themselves! So perhaps an entire generation learned thattrust simply wasn’t a value...