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And yet there’s a fundamental difference between this problem and the atomic bomb: one infohazard is an irrefutable fact of nature, and the other is entirely dependent on the current structure of social media platforms. Parasitic memes are only possible online because everything is optimized around attention metrics. Beyond easily circumventable... See more
human infohazards
“To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can also corrupt them. Once one has seen such images, one has started down the road of seeing more — and more. Images transfix. Images anesthetize.”
eliza mclamb • How Much Do I Really Need to Know?
The angle of these pieces, more often than not, seems to be about individual efforts towards individual gains. Use your phone less to get smarter, to get sexier, to be happier. Desire towards these things is of course natural, reasonable, and likely held by us all. But to work towards these ends alone, from a starting position of personal... See more
Eliza • The one about the phones
Sich über Handys zu beschweren ist eine Ablenkung vom Größeren. Das Sich-Beschweren wird im Gegensatz zum Betrachten der größeren Probleme durch den Algorithmus belohnt. Das ist der “Käfig”.
