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This topic is something that's been generating a lot of hot takes recently. Personally I think the way to solve it is teaching people to be more mindful of thei
by derevaunseraun 4y ago
This topic is something that's been generating a lot of hot takes recently. Personally I think the way to solve it is teaching people to be more mindful of their own emotions.
e.g. if seeing someone's artificial presentation of their life on social media makes someone feel bad, they should be aware of the causal link. The upcoming generation should know how to regulate their own social media diet.
There's so much nastiness on the internet, so many lies. I think that if the upcoming generation isn't aware of this then we're playing with fire as a society
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoTelling people "be more mindful of your emotions" is less than useless. Facebook etc. have many thousands of some incredibly intelligent people whose sole job is essentially to "hack" your emotions to keep you scrolling and scrolling. It's like telling society at large "diet and exercise" to lose weight, but when so many places are incredibly un-walkable, and food scientists produce foods engineered to make you want more. Yes, "diet and exercise" does make sense individually, but obviously that strategy has failed miserably for society at large given we are fatter than ever.
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoIt would be very difficult to teach a teenager to be mindful of their own emotions to the degree necessary that social media would have no effect on them upon exposure. Teenagers brains aren’t fully developed yet and cannot think critically, have limited empathy, and do not yet have solid senses of self.