Social Media v Physical Action

Has social media and its tools turned as all into Zombies?

It's seems everything nowadays is filtered and pushed through social media to get the word out. Granted - it's cheap and easy and requires little effort to reach a wider audience but whatever happened to getting off ones bottom and physically making a difference?

In my opinion people don't get any sense of passion or pride from an author who posts a social media feed about a particular topic. Why? Because the creator of said feed has no 'umph' behind them - they have literally just tapped it into their laptop, iPad or phone without any effort and in a way they have just said 'Hey look at me everybody I give a damn about this and this is why I have liked it or posted a picture about it aren't I a good citizen'

Well if you really cared about something, if you really believed in something - why don't you get off your bottom and do something about it. People respond much better to physical interactions - it's why politicians still knock on our doors every election - they want us to see that they truly believe in something even if half the time they don't do anything about it!

People can't see or feel passion electronically. Perhaps that's why street fundraisers are so successful - well they must be despite what I feel is an almost public disgust towards them. A student dressed in the colours of the charity thrusting a piece of paper followed up by some cleverly written words created and thought up by some whizz kid to make even the busiest of commuters feel as though they can make a change by donating £10 a month to help endangered tigers or whatever it is that is being peddled..

I wonder what will lay in store for us in time to come - will we all be zombies. We are nearly there already. Spot how many people are glued to their iPhones, Kindles, IPads or other gadgets on the train into work. How many are actually reading a newspaper or talking to their fellow commuter...

If this is becoming an ages where we rely solely on electronic devices to be our primary forms of communication then count me out.