{Topic}The utilization of social media, especially in our youth, plays an important role in our development. {Restriction}As stated by Konnikova, the brain is incredibly plastic. The experiences we have, especially in our early childhood, are crucial in our development of parts of the brain associated with our social interactions, empathy and interpersonal concerns (7). {Illustration} Switching over to Adrian Chen’s reading, Megan Phelps-Roper had access to her church’s Twitter as early as eleven years old. Her consumption of social media at that age most definitely affected her behavior and way of thinking. Eleven year olds aren’t supposed to be filled with such hate and disgust that they talk in a live interview about hating Jews, and expressing that in her tweets. Similarly to Megan, I started using social media when I was eleven. However, I never relied or felt dependent on it for personal interactions. I was that kid in the neighborhood that got the other kids off their phones and gaming consoles to play basketball, soccer, street hockey, football, baseball. You name it, we played it. {Analysis} However, I know I would fit the exception in this day and age. As we have been told by our parents and grandparents, a lot has changed since they were kids. When was the last time you saw a group of kids playing together recreationally on your community field, pitch, court, anything? {Conclusion} Konnikova emphasizes as technology is becoming more and more accessible at younger and younger ages, “‘it’s quite conceivable that we might end up less social in the future, which would be a disaster”’ (7). It’s quite clear we already have.