In our time, even if we don't want it to, media has become almost essential. It's everywhere, people are using it to run businesses, contact old friends, and learn things they never would have had the opportunity to learn before. Of course there are also bad things about media today, and we need to be extra cautious of those.
Elder David A. Bednar gave two separate talks that spoke about new Mmedia and while the are opposing, they are both equally important. His first talk, "Things as They Really Are," warned about the dangers of new media and pleaded with people to not get sucked in. There have been times when it has literally ruined lives. On the other hand, media has done great things as well! We can spread the gospel to even more places all over the world, individuals who don't take well to speaking to people in person about religion have the opportunity to learn about it online, and we have made great breakthroughs in knowledge, science and medicine as a result of the advances we've made.
Media is a tool and just like any tool, in the wrong hands it can do horrible things, but in the right hands it can work miracles. In trying to make the world a better place, we need to take this tool and use it for good purposes. Better lives and spread happiness. We must control this tool instead of letting it control us. Media today is a wonderful thing, and we need to treat it as such while at the same time using it with great care and caution.
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