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23. Social media (while it has some very good qualities) will probably be

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 01:46 PM

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The NEW nuclear weapon that destroys our democracy! (maybe our planet)

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A question, for those old enough to remember and make the the comparison [View all] indusurb Dec 19 OP

New digital age technologies like the internet and AI anciano Dec 19 #2

It's a mixed bag bucolic_frolic Dec 19 #3

It's not a "one size fits all" TheProle Dec 19 #4

Humankind cannot keep up with it, it appears. Boomerproud Dec 19 #5

Well, here rzemanfl Dec 19 #6

as of this writing, there seem to be at least 3 of us. ret5hd Dec 19 #7

A Golden Age until the Internet was monitized Bobstandard Dec 19 #8

As We Age snowybirdie Dec 19 #9

Isaac Asimov markie Dec 19 #10

A very wise man, he was. MineralMan Dec 19 #17

I saw something the orher day that absolutely amazing PCB66 Dec 19 #15

Lunchbreak at work is people looking at their phones, not interacting. Boomerproud Dec 19 #22

As someone who is disabled and cannot drive synni Dec 19 #16

I would say that it has been a roller coaster genxlib Dec 19 #19

I hate that people are not present to what is going on around them. milestogo Dec 19 #20

Social media (while it has some very good qualities) will probably be bluestarone Dec 19 #23

I consider the digital age a blessing and a boon. I'm Ilsa Dec 19 #24

Smart people got better. Stupid people got worse. Iggo Dec 19 #25

I don't think we're better off. Scrivener7 Dec 19 #26

Educator, born in '71. I think we jumped the shark once GPV Dec 19 #28

The Internet is a wonderful servant and a terrible master Fichefinder Dec 19 #29