Subj : Re: book: the chaos machi
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Mar 07 2023 07:27 am

  Re: Re: book: the chaos machi
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Mon Mar 06 2023 06:53 am

 > Subject: Re: book: the chaos machine
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 > -=> Ogg wrote to All <=-
 > 
 >  Og> The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media
 >  Og> Rewired Our Minds and Our World | Hardcover
 > 
 >  Og> Max Fisher
 > 
 >  Og> Little, Brown and Company
 > 
 >  Og> Social Science / Sociology - Social Theory / Business & Economics /
 >  Og> Industries - Computers & Information Technology / Psychology / Social
 >  Og> Psychology
 > 
 >  Og> Published Sep 6, 2022
 > 
 >  Og> "We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our
 >  Og> minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth
 >  Og> is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have
 >  Og> understood.
 > 
 > This can't be emphasized enough, but quitting social networks designed
 > by behaviorists to keep you hooked are addicting by design. I wonder
 > what it will take for the masses to move away from them?
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Meaningless in the absence of time. What never was is never again.

I've known some social media folk who used to be heavy Facebook users ditch
it in favor of other platforms during the last election.  I have no idea if
they are happy with whatever platform they moved to.  I haven't created
accounts on other sites to track their activity.

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