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That's the beauty of it. Harm from smoking is considered (by most accounts) objectively, medically, measurably bad. Harm from social media addiction isn't quant
by polynomial 6y ago
That's the beauty of it. Harm from smoking is considered (by most accounts) objectively, medically, measurably bad. Harm from social media addiction isn't quantified in terms of cancer and death.
"No one ever died from browsing Facebook" is likely false, but would be generally accepted as arguably true. "No one ever died because of Facebook" should be understood to be obviously untrue to a well-informed person.
- JKCalhoun 6y agoHonestly, I feel millions of us (billions?) have died a little inside with the rise of Facebook and the like. But I'm speaking metaphorically, of course.
- Nasrudith 6y agoWe have met the enemy and he is us is the real issue. It isn't easy to accept it but by all remotely reasonable standards a large chunk of the population are horrible people. Just look at the approval towards the National Guard's actions at Kent State. Strip away the status and "supports using the military to shoot unarmed and non-violentn students on campus" is not something a non-horrible person supports. But people find scapegoats so much easier. Facebook is vapid trash because vapid trash is highly popular.
- polynomial 6y ago> by all remotely reasonable standards a large chunk of the population are horrible people. It can sometimes seem that way, but I think it's more accurate to say that large chunk are potentially horrible, and it's the situation they find themselves in that brings that out. The implied hope here is that it will be easier to change such situations, than change "human nature."