olibleu@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?English
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1 year agoSocial media. Algorithms designed to make you dependent are highly toxic from a psychological perspective and it makes it really easy to spread propaganda and create social dissent. I hope there will be laws controlling it in 50 years, the same way there are laws now against tobacco.
Also social media algorithms are designed to make you dependent, the same way cigarettes are designed to be “nicotine delivery devices” to hook you up.