The cyber world exists alongside our physical reality in that the Internet, television, video games, and cell phones all play a role in shaping who we are in as individuals existing together outside of technology. Experts say digital media helps us because it can improve time management skills; increase productivity or social interactions; and can even improve optimism and self-esteem, as well as general knowledge. However, MIT professor Sherry Turkle says social media is a metaphor for real life. We think it could change our lives for the better, make it easier, make us happier… but we all know what they say: you can't buy happiness. Well, social media comes at a cost. I would like to assert that too much can become a problem in which we no longer help ourselves, but begin to become handicapped by changing our relationships with society and perhaps even our evolution..