Thanks for this. Admittedly my tone was somewhat hyperbolistic, but you bring up an excellent point that I'd like to build off: It pains me to think there's la

Thanks for this. Admittedly my tone was somewhat hyperbolistic, but you bring up an excellent point that I'd like to build off: It pains me to think there's large bodies of deep academic research in the social sciences that could guide certain tech platforms in a much more responsible direction. Instead, the drive for market domination and profit ensures that a mangled society is left in their wake (ironically, economics is also a social science). The hubris certain tech leaders have in making the decisions they do astounds me. Virtually every major tech platform has the money to have a veritable army of social scientists pondering the ethics of anything that company does with its platform. Certainly some of these companies do employ ethicists, though I can't help but feel more often than not it's a dog and pony show.