Why We Should All Cut the Facebook Cord
This article presents a sharp critique of Facebook as a systemic apparatus of surveillance, behavioral engineering, and spiritual disconnection. Sosteric challenges the techno-utopian narratives surrounding social media, revealing instead a platform structured to extract attention, monetize emotion, and erode authentic human connection. The article questions whether continued participation in such environments is ethically or spiritually sustainable.
Sosteric, M. (2018, April 4). Why we should all cut the Facebook cord. The Conversation.
- Original URL: https://theconversation.com/why-we-should-all-cut-the-facebook-cord-or-should-we-93929
- Canonical URL: https://repo.lightningpath.org/articles/journalistic-pieces/the-conversation/files/why-we-should-all-cut-the-facebook-cord.pdf
- Type: Technological Ideology Critique / Social Media Deconstruction
- Keywords: Consciousness Manipulation, Disconnection, Ideology, Surveillance Capitalism, Control
Theoretical Integration
Key LP frameworks employed:
- Consciousness Manipulation: Facebook is framed as a precision instrument for distorting perception and feeding ideological content.
- Surveillance: Enmeshment of users in an algorithmic cage disguised as social freedom.
- Disconnection: Engineered through emotional commodification, fragmentation of identity, and dopamine hijacking.
- Ideology: The platform is both medium and message for capitalist indoctrination.
Relevance to Avatar.Global
This article is vital for equipping users with critical consciousness tools to navigate or opt out of harmful digital spaces. It supports the Avatar.Global aim of restoring authentic human connection by detoxifying from ideological tech environments.
Recommended for:
- Conscious technology audits
- Digital detox curriculum
- Critical platform theory and sovereignty practice