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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by edmundsauto on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:58PM (#29597592)
It’s pretty easy to opt out of corporate dystopia without being jailed or murdered. People love to brag about how they quit social media.

This sounds like people want to have the benefits of these platforms without accepting the trade offs.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by mariavillosa on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:46PM (#29600690)
>It’s pretty easy to opt out of corporate dystopia >People love to brag about how they quit social media.

Social media is the tip of the dystopic iceberg

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by edmundsauto on Saturday December 18, 2021 @12:30AM (#29601954)
Sure, but it’s a different dystopia than Gibson or Dick our Paul Verhoucen (sp?) predicted.

They reflect common, primal human fears and are not indicative of insight. Just as my fear of heights does not provide wisdom against constructing/operating tall things - whether it be buildings, pyramids, or airplane flights.

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