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> It's an amazing amount of societal damage that nobody will ever be able to quantify. We'll never know the books that weren't read, the inventions that weren't
by bdhess 8y ago
> It's an amazing amount of societal damage that nobody will ever be able to quantify. We'll never know the books that weren't read, the inventions that weren't made, or the people that weren't helped because somebody was watching social media.
Individuals have a right to recreation; they don't need to spend every waking moment being useful to society. The alternative is dystopian.
- adrianN 8y agoI don't like when "recreation" is something that is aggressively optimized to be addictive, err, I mean to "increase engagement". Billions are spend to keep people scrolling through their feeds as long as possible. That's different from taking a walk in the park or playing a game of cards with your friends.
- bdhess 8y agoThis isn’t a new phenomenon. All of the arguments you’re making were made in the twentieth century about gambling.
- adrianN 8y agoAre you arguing that we should forbid minors from using social networks and require them to tell users that what they're doing is addictive and to seek help when they notice signs of addiction? Maybe we should also strictly regulate using social networks over the Internet...