*External Validation*

External validation
Induces a fixation
With transient affirmations
That breed deep desperation
When you lack commendations
From frivolous populations

So fuck the views
Fuck the follows
Fuck the shares
And fuck the likes
Do as your tender heart desires
We just got this one damn life
-lcsn_musings-
#poetry #poetsofmastodon #musings #externalvalidation #views #follows #likes

Someone is too much into #ML, but there are some good points here:

"The Warped Self", Aeon (https://aeon.co/essays/social-media-and-the-neuroscience-of-predictive-processing).

#SocialMedia #FOMO #JOMO #SelfImage #ExternalValidation #SelfWorth #SocialNetwork #Addiction #NeuroScience #MachineLearning #PredictionNetwork