Re:Meta plans to cut thousands of jobs, after CEO predicted ...
by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @01:26PM
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> I place the blame for that squarely on social media.
So clearly you don't believe in free will?
There's definitely an element of echo chambers in most Internet media (echo chambers like HN, for example), and it's definitely possible that this is driving increased polarisation, but it's not a slamdunk argument.
tl;dr not just social media, there's a lot of other stuff going on too (like, for instance, the outsourcing of manual labour out of the US).
So clearly you don't believe in free will?
There's definitely an element of echo chambers in most Internet media (echo chambers like HN, for example), and it's definitely possible that this is driving increased polarisation, but it's not a slamdunk argument.
tl;dr not just social media, there's a lot of other stuff going on too (like, for instance, the outsourcing of manual labour out of the US).