> But saying 'it won't fix' is defeatist.

Insisting technology _must_ be capable of fixing these problems is naive idiocy. Technology isn't our only means for addressing social issues, and it's certainly not a panacea.

Why should we resort to the newest and least well proven approach to issues that humanity has faced for thousands of years? Do you have my actual justification beyond "it gives me a job?"

I don't think someone launching an app stops people using all the other means of addressing their social issues. It's another option, not a replacement option.

But is it an option that will actually help? Or is it a red herring that will drive in app purchases and ad revenue while letting the problems it purports to help with fester?

Attention is a finite resource.

> Attention is a finite resource.

and equally, so is empathy. And those people who invest in this garbage and profit of it ofc know it!

I don't think 'technology must' is the narrative here. Well, it's trying to solve a problem. What's wrong in having different approaches for solving a problem? I don't think they are preaching on being the only solution and "disrupt" traditional approaches.

Solitude and solitary activities are important for our psyche. If the social issues caused by too much information and communications is due to its ill effects on us mentally, then that approach is not only ignorant, but dangerous.

It only affects you because you are trying to find truth and meaning in it. You cannot find meaning intellectually. Or in an app. You have to experience it. To discipline your mind takes years of effort.