Lane: Is InstaGratification hurting us in the age of social media?

First, let me say this. I LOVE SOCIAL MEDIA. Here’s a few reasons why: 1) anyone with a smartphone can find their niche and create a name for themselves. 2) There is a new and catchy trend every week (most of them I can’t keep up with but I still love them). 3) Validation. I love to see people — especially underdogs — climb their way to the top and grow their audiences. 4) The money. There is money to be made through social media. A lot of it. But living in the age of social media might be hurting us more than it is helping us. And what I came to recently discover may have confirmed that.