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I hear ya. But in no time, using any rational analysis, we'd be banning burgers and smartphones. One mans meat, another mans poison etc. Change has to come fir

I hear ya. But in no time, using any rational analysis, we'd be banning burgers and smartphones. One mans meat, another mans poison etc. Change has to come first as an informed choice. Once a critical, educated mass rejects a harmful product, a consensus to say "you can't sell that" can be sought. Problem is, as we've seen with oil, unhealthy foods, and now digital technologies, big, rich and influential companies will throw whatever money it takes to undermine research and messaging to disrupt rational choice from taking place. That's very frustrating.

lifeisstillgood 4y ago
There are always smart regulations between "banning" and "yeah that kills babies but laissez faire". I mean the harmful effects of smartphones are what radiation that we can find no effects in rats ? Or is it social media ? I am more dubious as to that being social media fault (as opposed to "hey we have taken every pub conversation on the planet and made it available to anyone on the planet. Imagine listening to Einstein and Dirac as they walk home from Princeton each day. Oh wait there are a lot more drunk aholes screaming about immigration than Einsteins in the world - who knew" Smart regulation there simply says "you are not a common carrier, but if you make a choice to show one post to a user and not show another post then ... that makes you a publisher" Will it destroy business models - yes. But that's not the same as destroying the social value of recording every human to every human