Yes, Social Media Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness

Re:Yes, Social Media Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage M... by Ekaros on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @03:08AM (#39987806)

I wonder how many would be for seatbelt laws if the addition of seatbelts say doubled the price of car.

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Re:Yes, Social Media Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage M... by throwaway2037 on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @03:59AM (#39988144)

    > if the addition of seatbelts say doubled the price of car

Here is the problem: They didn't. So what is your point?

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Re:Yes, Social Media Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage M... by red_admiral on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @04:53AM (#39988466)

I think this confuses cause and effect.

Seatbelts are brought up so often precisely because they are an intervention with a huge benefit-to-cost ratio. Seatbelt laws were made long after the fact - seat belts for cars started to appear in the 1950s, with the common three-point variant in 1955; the first seatbelt law appeared in 1970 (in Australia). The US started introducing seatbelt laws for cars in the 1980s (though as far as I know, some organizations/insurers required them earlier for employees driving for business).

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