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Yes, particularly after observing how poorly society is adapting to pervasive social media. 3-4 years ago, I was nearly a free speech maximalist. I hope we fi
by KMag 6y ago
Yes, particularly after observing how poorly society is adapting to pervasive social media.
3-4 years ago, I was nearly a free speech maximalist. I hope we figure out a way to properly educate middle school and high school students about cognitive biases, logical fallacies, statistical fallacies, and other tools needed to properly deal with social media. Right now, society is just adjusting very poorly to the advent of social media.
- talhah 6y agoI wish more schools taught us the tools to deal with social media. At my school we're just given stale advice about cyberbullying and about posting things we'd regret. People don't even question the legitimacy of things often or think critically about it. It's as if their critical thinking is numbed. I don't know how else to put it, but it's rather interesting.
- marvin 6y agoThe Internet is like we've suddenly invented sugar, alcohol or firearms, without any of the societal tools to limit its damage. Laws, norms, defense forces, taboos. It's really something straight out of singularity-related philosophy. A technology with massive benefits and dangers that's rolled out worldwide in only a couple of decades. If you look at social media as a whole, let's say it was in effect a single decade. I'm sure we'll get a handle on social media eventually, with some damage along the way. But the underlying driver, fast technological change, won't disappear. This is not the last time we'll get into similar trouble.