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I'm a New Yorker subscriber. The existence of this editorial and the fact someone there thought it was fit to publish is exactly why I'm so glad Twitter is slow
by Miraste 3y ago
I'm a New Yorker subscriber. The existence of this editorial and the fact someone there thought it was fit to publish is exactly why I'm so glad Twitter is slowly failing. I hope journalists break their addictions soon. Twitter was a net negative to every event mentioned in the article, and yet here's the author eulogizing it like a martyr.
"the [Twitter employees] I knew—they worked hard, their work mattered, and they never stopped trying. Not until the moment their screens went blank.”
The three claims in here are all true, but not in a positive way. I expect Twitter to go down in history with Thalidomide or DDT. Many people worked very hard on those with the best of intentions, but ultimately, they were poison.
- baxtr 3y agoInteresting take. I can’t imagine a dopamine free world. Twitter/X will be replaced by another social platform. We humans are just wired like that.
- puttycat 3y agoLet's sell more cigarettes and McDonald's then. We humans are just wired like that.
- baxtr 3y agoExactly. Prohibition didn’t work. McDonald’s is still growing and obesity is the world’s biggest health problem. PS: I wish it was different. But I don’t have the hubris to believe we can change human nature.
- toastercat 3y agoBut the rate of consumption of cigarettes has declined in the past 100 years, likely due to public awareness of the health risks. I'm willing to wager as more people realize addiction to social media is against their best interests, companies/governments/people will make changes. We're kind of already seeing that.
- strangattractor 3y agoWe already do - rebranded as "vaping"
- dekhn 3y agoThalidomide isn't a good example, because it's an extremely effective drug that is still used today.