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I’m not against teens communicating with each other online, but I’m very much against the algorithm-driven dopamine addiction factories that are social media to

by JSR_FDED 11mo ago

I’m not against teens communicating with each other online, but I’m very much against the algorithm-driven dopamine addiction factories that are social media today. Imagine a whole generation of teens with attention spans longer than 15 seconds…they might actually realize their incredible potential!

lm28469 11mo ago
If you ever worked with people who fully grew up with modern social media and just entered the workforce you know we're already doomed, there is no recovery from this, that's why governments are starting to act
- whimsicalism 11mo ago
  alarmist nonsense
  - JSR_FDED 11mo ago
    By all means tell us why
    - whimsicalism 11mo ago
      younger generation is earning more in the workforce than past generations, clearly they haven't been too cooked by phones. even though i'm in the younger generation and have less experience in the world, i can recognize pearl clutching and moral panics when I see them.
      - lm28469 11mo ago
        > younger generation is earning more in the workforce than past generations Inflation adjusted wages and purchasing power is flat for, at least, the past 50 years... and even if it wasn't it wouldn't mean anything regarding new workers capabilities/attention span/&c. https://i0.wp.com/economicsfromthetopdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/epi_pay_gap.png?fit=1280%2C868&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/economicsfromthetopdown.com/wp-content/upl... https://assets.weforum.org/editor/Xkzpnpz_lnI-0WbTH1LJVUdu3JaQrM47Y1BpDDMpXro.jpg https://assets.weforum.org/editor/Xkzpnpz_lnI-0WbTH1LJVUdu3J... The propaganda is so good people who have it worse than their parents and grand parents think they're living in the greatest times ever.
        whimsicalism 11mo ago
        those charts are different from the point that i am making, which can be seen here: https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardconard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Median-Market-Income-By-Age-And-Generation.png?fit=803%2C499&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardconard.com/wp-content/uploads/20... https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/has-intergenerational-progress-stalled-income-growth-over-five-generations-of-americans.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/has-intergenerat... the “propaganda is so good” and yet anyone on the internet has seen the charts you’re linking dozens of times. fwiw, your chart makes a lot of assumptions by subsetting to hourly, excluding benefits, and using a different inflation adjustment for income vs. productivity (the last one is 100% a chart crime). every time they make the choice that will make the gap most striking, https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/realtime/files/2015/07/lawrence20150721-figure5.png https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/realtime/files/2015...

lm28469 11mo ago

If you ever worked with people who fully grew up with modern social media and just entered the workforce you know we're already doomed, there is no recovery from this, that's why governments are starting to act

whimsicalism 11mo ago
alarmist nonsense
- JSR_FDED 11mo ago
  By all means tell us why
  - whimsicalism 11mo ago
    younger generation is earning more in the workforce than past generations, clearly they haven't been too cooked by phones. even though i'm in the younger generation and have less experience in the world, i can recognize pearl clutching and moral panics when I see them.
    - lm28469 11mo ago
      > younger generation is earning more in the workforce than past generations Inflation adjusted wages and purchasing power is flat for, at least, the past 50 years... and even if it wasn't it wouldn't mean anything regarding new workers capabilities/attention span/&c. https://i0.wp.com/economicsfromthetopdown.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/epi_pay_gap.png?fit=1280%2C868&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/economicsfromthetopdown.com/wp-content/upl... https://assets.weforum.org/editor/Xkzpnpz_lnI-0WbTH1LJVUdu3JaQrM47Y1BpDDMpXro.jpg https://assets.weforum.org/editor/Xkzpnpz_lnI-0WbTH1LJVUdu3J... The propaganda is so good people who have it worse than their parents and grand parents think they're living in the greatest times ever.
      - whimsicalism 11mo ago
        those charts are different from the point that i am making, which can be seen here: https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardconard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Median-Market-Income-By-Age-And-Generation.png?fit=803%2C499&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardconard.com/wp-content/uploads/20... https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/has-intergenerational-progress-stalled-income-growth-over-five-generations-of-americans.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/has-intergenerat... the “propaganda is so good” and yet anyone on the internet has seen the charts you’re linking dozens of times. fwiw, your chart makes a lot of assumptions by subsetting to hourly, excluding benefits, and using a different inflation adjustment for income vs. productivity (the last one is 100% a chart crime). every time they make the choice that will make the gap most striking, https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/realtime/files/2015/07/lawrence20150721-figure5.png https://www.piie.com/sites/default/files/realtime/files/2015...