The reality of it is that social media, and our use of technology in general, isn't actually governed by any value system. Be it truth, human flourishing, welfare, health, what have you. We're completely on autopilot and are conditioned to accept all of it as inevitable.
If we had an actual telos to our use of technology work like this by Haidt would be in the evening news and it'd inform decisions at every level. From parents keeping their kids away from harmful social media, to communities and institutions refusing to use these platforms for anything, to governments regulating the worst aspects of it.
We're terminally screwed if the trend of letting technology (and profit maximizing firms) control design of social media rather than the other way around.
If we had an actual telos to our use of technology work like this by Haidt would be in the evening news and it'd inform decisions at every level. From parents keeping their kids away from harmful social media, to communities and institutions refusing to use these platforms for anything, to governments regulating the worst aspects of it.
We're terminally screwed if the trend of letting technology (and profit maximizing firms) control design of social media rather than the other way around.