When I got into college, I had a professor who was working on how internet can democratize the world. A bit after that the Arab spring erupted and a bit later i

When I got into college, I had a professor who was working on how internet can democratize the world. A bit after that the Arab spring erupted and a bit later it turned out that the internet could be used for repression. Being wrong ones, makes me think that we could be wrong again. The doomsday scenarios around social media and ads are like scifi distopias - they won't happen because they show up exactly when the pendulum is about to reverse. To reverse it, we just need more general awareness and a healthy discussion about the goals, problems, and solutions.