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Social media, in my opinion, doesn't prove we are stupid. A lot of social networking sites, however, are putting us on a path to the land of "idiocracy". The steps we are taking are as follows: We want to remain connected to our peers and one way is through our shared beliefs. Yes, even something as simple as belief in an optical illusion of a viral video. If our peers believe something is true, many of us do our best to see the truth in it too. For example, look at religion - there's very little in any of the tenets of the three big religions that is "factual" or even can be proven - but it doesn't stop each of those three big religions from having billions of believers. Our beliefs are our fellowship. Same can be said in social media networks. Look at your "friends" , your "followers" clearly there's something that connects all of you. What ever that connection is there is a trade-off and that is the challenge with social media; we are beginning to "share belief" in the mundane to remain connected. Eventually without questioning those beliefs we will undoubtedly become mentally weak. Today's Social Media, such as facebook, doesn't serve as space to engage in critical thinking nor problem solving - it serves as a place for us to be seen. What we share there is a reflection of us. Oops! I've just proved your argument didn't I?

How do we do it? Whos winning? How can wr share our auccess lessons?