The Looking Glass

  By Karam Chaggar, (L6T) In recent times, there has been an exacerbation in anti Tik-Tok zeal - the criticism of the platform outlined by policy makers is primarily one concerned with ‘national security’, insisting that Tik Tok excessive access to user’s data can lend itself to Beijing’s aim of world domination. Whilst there is little doubt to be cast over the invasive data harvesting deployed by the Chinese social media giant, the more worrying impact of Tik Tok is identifiable in what it has done to our attention spans - the persistent, endless stream of immediate gratification is eroding our brains. And this epidemic of non stop satisfaction has infected our political and economic landscape - take the revolving door of 10 Downing Street, or COVID hysteria. The scourge of short termism is not a modern episode - as we will explore, the lack of a palpable project to steer our nation has culminated in what we see now: an economy projected to perform worse than Russia’s. The unrave...