We are building systems with civilization-scale consequences inside societies that are already socially malnourished, politically brittle, and morally confused. That is a bad combination even if the tools worked exactly as intended… and this doc suggests they may have “ideas” of their own.
Yep- we lost the "meat" and "warmth" of our societies, and our civics and idealism in the past 15 years, which would have been the very things to guide us through this transition.
How do you fix that? We're instigating social media bans- reading levels are declining- media consolidation is dumbing us down further- insane egotism is stopping people from developing as well rounded people- .
For me it would be a stronger media ecosystem (publicly funded), more non algorithmic and non likes driven social media (replace a bad vice with a less bad one), national digital detox days, and a ratification of a charter of inviolable human traits and dignities, and protected cultural areas (no ai art, writing for sale).