Today, an article came up on the front page of Nairaland describing the many irrelevant things Nigerian youths engage in. The author highlighted a number of vices the Nigerian youth enthusiastically embraces. As sorry as these are, there is arguably no doubt some element of truth can be found sprinkled around the writer's thesis. Many a Nigerian youngster have become so carried away with by modern advances that they take their influence for granted. It is especially unnerving to find them incredibly preoccupied with social media to the extent of self-annihilation. They chat, whatsapp and facebook to stupor, leaving room for no other mind-engaging activities.

While it's completely in order to socialize and, perhaps, use the services of these many social networking, getting constantly lured to the same services or suffering from an addiction that doesn't permit letting go off a smartphone for two seconds puts the affected on a path towards what Nigerians have termed, "mumuity". In other words, you become a real "mumu".

Social networks can be used for something good, if indeed you want to. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are not all there are. Below are a list of social networks you should subscribe to and subsequently make good use of if indeed you seek to develop yourself.
Perhaps if the number of Nigerians on these other websites neared only half the multitude on the three big giants mentioned earlier, this country might just have the necessary human resources it needs to liberate itself from the intellectual abyss it has since remained in.


[url=stackexchange.com]Stackexchange[/url]
Stack Exchange is a network of question and answer websites on topics in varied fields, each site covering a specific topic, where questions, answers, and users are subject to a reputation award process.


[url=brilliant.org]Brilliant[/url]
Brilliant.org preaches effective learning through interaction. It believes solving problems together is the foundation of all great relationships in the sciences. You can write your own solution and get feedback from people around the world, contribute a question, edit the wiki, or mentor someone who is learning. Other people will do also the same for you. You can do several topics of math, science, and engineering on this social website.

AoPs Community
AoPs is the Art of Problem Solving. It's a huge online community where you can take maths problems that are continually bugging. You can write friends in the community and enjoy watching a host of persons take on your maths problems and in the end provide an explanation you just will find helpful

Quora
Quora is a question-and-answer website where questions are asked, answered, edited and organized by its community of users. At this present web moment, if you are not using Quora then there really is something incredibly wrong. And not just use Quora like you use Facebook, but taking advantage of the myriad of fields on offer to learn more about mathematics, philosophy, psychology and other fascinating subjects that develop the mind.


If you do not know these websites already, now is the time to check them out. While you do that, also visit JStor for valuable books and papers on practically any subjects. Don't just waste your lives using the internet negatively; don't get all too entrapped by who's the second person to be verified on Instashit. Give yourself some brain and use the power of the internet wisely!

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