'Like' If You Would Help Jesus Up 08/17/2016 Perhaps you have seen this meme or others like it. Now we can endlessly argue about the value or effects of online activism and the awareness and attention garnered there. I think the prevailing sentiment is that it is ineffective, and that even if the awareness is good, that people quickly drift to new problems or distractions. There is certainly evidence for this. But let me offer another, more positive, outlook. I recently saw a meme that said something like “the internet is our new brain;
Perhaps you have seen this meme or others like it. Now we can endlessly argue about the value or effects of online activism and the awareness and attention garnered there. I think the prevailing sentiment is that it is ineffective, and that even if the awareness is good, that people quickly drift to new problems or distractions. There is certainly evidence for this. But let me offer another, more positive, outlook. I recently saw a meme that said something like “the internet is our new brain;
