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Ghosting Your Help!

Don't Ghost Your Help - Most Bridges Shouldn't Burn Wikipedia says, " Ghosting is the practice of ending all communication and contact with another person without any apparent warning or justification and subsequently ignoring any attempts to reach out or communication made by said person. " (27/05/2022@20H10). Ghosting is simply rendering someone non-existent. Not to be naive, there are instances where ghosting is warranted, most especially when there's no mutual trust, mutual respect, or win-win relations. So it requires some cost-benefit calculations.  Maybe I'm insufferable and obnoxious. I still don't think so. But in this post, I discuss my observations around how a technology such as social media designed to bring us closer (mainly for ideas/information sharing) appears to be creating many Saharas between people (siblings, friends, acquaintances, etc.), resulting in almost zero opportunities (6/10 unemployed youth). With a mobile device on your palm...