Sure, extreme totalitarianism is bad. But isn't there a middle ground ? In the grand parent post, we talked about "YT and FB could fix these social issues over

Sure, extreme totalitarianism is bad. But isn't there a middle ground ? In the grand parent post, we talked about "YT and FB could fix these social issues overnight, if they wanted to: turn off autoplay, turn off recommendations, restore chronological timelines, and dial down the ads.". It is quite different from the great evils of history. And sure, we should work on reproducing social sciences. it's a big problem. But i would guess that if you'd describe something like the internet that is today in very general terms(possible to predict once you know that attention/engagement is the lead driver) to psychologists, a decade ago, they would have told you that it may hold some serious potential problems. Does it mean we need to stop progress ? maybe not, but slowing "progress" in the name of caution may not be a bad trade-off. and once we see the dangers, rolling it back(even against the addicted population's wishes) may also be a decent option.