Social Media Brings Us Together

I recently read another article that I feel is in close connection to my earlier post. I want to stick with topics of how new media outlets are trying to bring us together, whether that is for a particular agenda, or just in a generalized sense of good will.

Recently, TIME author Abigail Abrams posted an interesting article about Mark Zuckerberg's letter he posted to Facebook. Here, Mark Zuckerberg insists he wants to use Facebook for new and exciting idea on how to bring our global community closer together. In this letter addressed "To Our Community" Zuckerberg brings up topics such as safety, terrorism, fake news, and bringing humanity together. Also in this letter are some large goals that Zuckerberg sets for Facebook, and some great success stories in which people are already beginning to demonstrate these goals.

Mark Zuckerberg - Founder of Facebook and Global Humanist

Zuckerberg says in his letter, "There are many of us who stand for bringing people together and connecting the world. I hope we have the focus to take the long view and build the new social infrastructure to create the world we want for generations to come." His ideas include developing social infrastructures that further supportive, safe, informed, civically-engaged, and inclusive global communities. These five areas of work outline Zuckerberg's letter in which he states that these are the ways to create "collective values," "common humanity," and "common understanding" on a global scale.

I am wholly impressed by this letter, honestly. The new media leaders of my generation continue to work uncompromisingly to promote a better global experience for everyone. Their desire to bring the world together and to destroy hate resonates with me and I'm sure many of you reading this. While Ms. Abrams article was short and seemed to indicate that the letter was not specific enough, I disagree. Letters written with this kind of intent often cannot be specific, because they encompass ideas so monumental. There are too many ideas and situations in which Facebook can make Zuckerberg's ambitions a reality, that to specify much more than he did would leave many of them out.

Every time someone steps up and gives support for idealist goals, like bringing the world together, I am filled with hope that some day in the future, we will succeed in building global relationships that promote peace and understanding.

Well done, Mr. Zuckerberg. Well done.

Mark Zuckerberg was TIME's 2010 Person of the Year. Today, he is mine.