>im more asking why we are blaming "technology." reply No one is blaming technology with a broad brushstroke, hence the article suggesting a "PBS for Social Me

>im more asking why we are blaming "technology." reply No one is blaming technology with a broad brushstroke, hence the article suggesting a "PBS for Social Media", if social media was painted as inherently bad, they wouldn't be proposing and alternative platform. It was you who originally extrapolated some judgement on social media to Hacker News and Email. I was simply suggesting there are certain concerning behaviors social media giants engage in that clearly are not applicable to HN or Email as a whole. Not sure how you again extrapolate that to blaming technology. >is addictive design ux harmful tech or an attack on human psychology and behavior? Attacking human psychology and behavior through addictive design is harmful, especially when its successful and done at scale. Just as allowing corporations behind harmful and addictive products (tobacco) to attack human psychology and behavior...such as marketing tobacco as "cool" to children using cartoons as they historically did. Are cartoons bad? I guess they could be. Is marketing to children bad? Maybe, we need more information. Are tobacco products harmful? It took nearly 50 years of litigation, but the answer is a resounding yes, tobacco products are harmful to health.