social media causes brain problems
social media sites are unhealthy. This isn’t even an opinion, it’s been a dirty secret for years that the platforms have been designed from the ground up to be as addicting and socially disruptive as possible, and it’s gotten to the point where well known and respected names in the field like
Aza Raskin (the guy who came up with he now standard infinite scrolling screen) and Leah Pearlman (the one who came up with the “like” button on Facebook) have expressed concern in their innovations.
Hell, Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, straight up admitted that social media was designed from the ground up to exploit human vulnerabilities and be as addicting as possible, and that they new exactly what they were doing from the beginning.
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