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The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What? (yewtu.be)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Social media divides us, makes us more extreme and less empathetic, it riles us up or sucks us into doom scrolling, making us stressed and depressed. It feels like we need to touch grass and escape to the real world.

New research shows that we might have largely misinterpreted why this is the case. It turns out that the social media internet may uniquely undermine the way our brains work but not in the way you think.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@Hirom What is the origin of the problems?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

To quote the video: "Your brain is stupid" (mine too) [..] "our brain are not able to process the amount of disagreement we entounter on the social Internet"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This would have been helpful in, like, 2014, but better late than never I suppose. Interestingly, a recent skeptoid episode covered a similar topic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This video is highly recommended by Tournesol community:
[54🌻] Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell: The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?

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