this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
60 points (91.7% liked)
Just Post
960 readers
415 users here now
Just post something ๐
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
50 years ago:
"Silent Generation parents wish the telephone and television had never been invented"
It will be nice when we finally stop blaming this newer technology for the problems caused by our society.
I would argue the two aren't equivalent as you imply. Social media has been designed to be as addicting as possible for a profit motive. Companies hire people who specialize in psychology, just to figure out how to take advantage of our brains, especially the underdeveloped brains of children, to get as many eyes looking at it for as long as possible.