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I am wondering more and more, if Facebook and Twitter were to disappear tomorrow, would that be a net negative or a net positive for society? Before, I would h
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
I am wondering more and more, if Facebook and Twitter were to disappear tomorrow, would that be a net negative or a net positive for society?
Before, I would have said net negative, but in the last couple of years, I am not so sure.
- aetherson 8y agoYou know, societies had great pseudo-scientific movements before FB and Twitter. Eugenics was gigantic for decades in the early 20th Century, ending up being a big feeder into fascist ideologies. Chiropraxy started out of nothing in 1895 and now (and well before FB), you can find chiropractors everywhere. Homeopathy was pretty conclusively debunked in the 19th Century and that didn't stop it from being commonly available today (and in the 90's, well before social media).
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y agoEugenics was actually part of the scientific mainstream in the early 20th Century. It took the horrors of Nazism and WWII to drive it out of the mainstream.
- shereadsthenews 8y agoNot sure how eradicating Twitter is going to keep Jenny McCarthy off Oprah, Dr. Phil, and Larry King. Idiots had way bigger megaphones long before Twitter.
- creato 8y agoOprah is likely ground zero for the entire mommy knows best movement, which contains a hell of a lot of pseudo-intellectual bullshit beyond just anti-vaccine stuff.