The Golden Globes were held this week, and actor Mark Ruffalo wore a “Be Good” pin to honour the memory of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week. On the red carpet, he told a journalist, “As much as I love all this, I don’t know if I can pretend like this crazy stuff isn’t happening.”

That’s exactly how many of us must be feeling on social media, where we have a front seat to the best and worst of the world. We can hear concerts and connect with artistes we love, watch art, and read beautiful prose, get inspired and visit a country hundreds of kilometres away, but we can also watch people being killed, countries being burnt, and babies bearing the brunt of war.