Matt Haig

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Last night, whilst scrolling on IG I came across a post by *Matt Haig, author of 'The Midnight Library' that I really connected with especially after studying Web 2.0. My last blog focused on how valuable Web 2.0 is to my career and profession. I saved this post for me to personally reflect on and to challenge my own ideas, but felt the need to blog and share it with you all before I start my study on Ethics. 


Haig, M. (2021)

Caption:

"The internet is great, but..

It encourages us to see value in numbers. Social media likes. Shares. Ratings. Rankings.

It places us on a stock market of personality. It focus groups ourselves out of reality.

It makes us worry about what other people might say to and about us every time we put something out in the world.

And so it can be anti-creative. And anti- authentic. Because we end up saying things with the edges shaved off. We end up blandifying ourselves. We end up fencing ourselves in.

But really it shouldn't stop us. The best people and things aren't the most liked. Liquorice recently got voted the UK's least favourite sweet yet it is amazing. Should liquorice try to stop being liquorice? Shakespeare only has 3.8 average on Goodreads and he has, well, Shakespeare. 

Be proud of your difference. Don't be as flavourless as air. Be Marmite. Be creative. Be true. Be disliked. Be a human in a world of numbers and algorithms. You don't need to be in a relationship with the whole world. Your sofa isn't big enough. 

Stir passions. Avoid popularity contests."

In my opinion this is gold dust and is the perfect starting point for me right now into exploring Ethical Considerations. ★★★★★

*I would recommend following Matt Haig for many more raw and inspiring quotes. 


References:

Haig, M. (2021) Instagram Post [online] Available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLUClzzMuIL/ [Accessed on 16 Feb 2021]

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