Using tools for good
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Morning, everyone.

On Wednesday, I did an AMA on Twitter. People asked questions from Instagram, Facebook, and on Twitter itself. The response actually surprised me. They just kept coming in and I had a ton of fun answering them. 

Here's the link to the AMA, but you'll have to scroll through my entire timeline just to get all the answers. It went really well, I think.

There's really something special about that format. The rapid Q&A in text form, immediately disseminated across the globe. It's a different energy than a Q&A in person, but I actually prefer it. I think you get more clarity writing extemporaneously than speaking extemporaneously. Everyone wins.

Just goes to show that the Internet, for all its faults and all the criticisms people heap on it, can be a powerful tool for good. There's no other way to do something so informal and yet far-reaching. I just hopped on my account, said, "Ask me anything," and people responded in droves. And I got to talk directly to them, while thousands of people listened in.

That's pretty much the case with any piece of technology, isn't it? Nothing is inherently good or bad. A flint blade can butcher a mammoth or slit a throat. A gun can fight tyranny or rob a bank. The Internet can waste all your time or give you access to untold reams of knowledge and wisdom. It can give you access to some pretty awful content or help you connect with an audience, make friends, and even find love.

People say it's about balance, but I don't think that's accurate. There's no good way to balance some of this Internet stuff. After all, there are actual professionals trying to engineer your dopamine receptors and get you hooked. Instead, be stubborn in your use of the Internet. Be draconian in your purging of negative, counterproductive, procrastination-inducing content. Use it for good, almost exclusively. 

How do you use the Internet? Do you have a strategy? Do you aim for balance or something closer to what I recommend?

Let me know in the comment section of Weekly Link Love.

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