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Anecdotally, I think using social media requires a sense of emotional intelligence in order to not be adversely affected. You have to be cognizant that the highlights of other people’s lives aren’t comparable to your own life. Otherwise, you go down the spiral of thinking that your life is so much worse than others’.


Have you ever read “The Chaos Machine” by Max Fisher?


No, but a precis on it suggests its the algorithms at fault, much like this Ted talk I have seen. https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_b...


Isn’t this the prisoner’s dilemma? Does that make us prisoners?


Huh. I think that’s a really astute observation.


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