>> addictive products being engineered to be as addictive as possible and deliberately punch people's brains in such a way to make them stay
The exact same argument could be used to make social media illegal.
>> addictive products being engineered to be as addictive as possible and deliberately punch people's brains in such a way to make them stay
The exact same argument could be used to make social media illegal.
Hopefully, the responses to this have highlighted the kind of people you are dealing with.
No-one can use social media because some people in our society can't control themselves. Socialise the losses.
You can allow freedom of communication while restricting the algorithms that have poisoned an entire generation of children.
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/05/430011/yes-social-media-mi...
> Hopefully, the responses to this have highlighted the kind of people you are dealing with.
You know I'm right here, if you have an actual rebuttal and not just dismissive hand-waving.
> No-one can use social media because some people in our society can't control themselves.
I think a lot of people would be measurably better off if not for social media that algorithmically fucks with their brains.
> Socialise the losses.
I mean that's kind of the point of a society yeah? We pool our efforts to enable greater labor specialization and to achieve things no individual can. Like an electrical grid or a highway system. And when parts of those systems break down, we all contribute a little to sorting them out.
Fuck yeah let's do it.
...Good?
You're saying it as if it's a bad thing.
Limiting social media to be only used for communication, and not algorithms is a good thing.