> There is no shortage of adults addicted to social media. We can see the effects of it in many of us and I think it's fair to worry for the consequences it may

> There is no shortage of adults addicted to social media. We can see the effects of it in many of us and I think it's fair to worry for the consequences it may have in developmental stages. That's one way to see it, another way is that it's a form of adaptation. Now that everything goes very fast, you need people that can jump around things very fast to stay on top of these kind of things. I know that I personally couldn't be a social media manager, or invest in crypto/NTFs/the latest trend, because that stuff goes way too fast for me. But on the other hand, I seem to be better at going deeper into stuff for long period of time than these people. There's a chance that it's still a net negative, for sure, but I don't think we should dismiss that as "people worse than before". > For one, the idea new generations have about "privacy" is something I'm seriously worried about. When I was 15 I was aware that only a moron would go around the internet giving personal data. That is now expected behavior. I think that may be because you can be a bit more "yourself" than before. For example, it's easier to be publically gay right now than 15 years before. It's easier to publically be into niche hobbies. I think that's because people are more exposed to them, and it's something feeding on itself. I don't know if it's positive or negative, I think it's relatively neutral.