Will Social Media make you live longer?

I am sitting here in Bangkok in the Baiyoke Sky Hotel at the 59th floor and writing on my book. (If you ever been in Bangkok there is a big chance that you have been having a dinner at the 78th floor where one of the restaurants are)

Looking out through the window gives another perspective than I am used to at home. Down there I can see small cars running around on small streets and all this makes me think about life!

I found this TED video that likely will not be popular amongst the transhumanists after his claim that there too many things that can go wrong. We have 35 Trillion cells in our body.

In this video Dan Buettner points out that small easy things will make us live longer and with less health issues and better life quality. In our hearts I have a feeling that we all know this but reject it in our modern high tech lifes. It is just to simple…

One of the things is to have a strong social identity within a small group of very close friends. People that support each other and share good and bad things together. These days when Social Media and Social Networks are growing the question is if they will help us to live longer.

In my view we are talking about completely different kind of social networks. The Internet social networks are based on the long tail phenomena. We expect to get more out from it than we put in. We make an investment of our time and knowledge and hope to get something better in return.

The kind of social networks that are mentioned in this video are not at all of the same kind. A small number of close friends in a group that are doing what is needed  when needed for each other without thinking about what the return is for themselves.

So will Social Media make us live longer? I doubt it but don’t misunderstand me. I am a big fan of Social Medias!