We are all surrogates.
We're all connected to some network or another, whether it's facebook, twitter, myspace, etc. We create another form of ourselves in a "life" that doesn't really exist except on a server. An identity that we think we should be or what we think others want. We make something that doesn't accurately portray who we really are, because who really wants to know that.
We use these networks to hide ourselves from the world; to hide from pain, heart ache, suffering... especially suffering. Some people realize living in the real world will continue to be painful, and who wants to see someone in pain? So they hide, avoiding real friends, real experiences, a real life.
What would happen then, if we were all "unplugged?" Our surrogates destroyed in a matter of seconds. Would people come out, come see the real world again? Or run and hide under the next rock?
What do YOU think?
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