One’s level of apathy or radicalism is closely correlated to their screen time.

The impact of this has hit Gen Z pretty harshly. I see it everywhere, in all professions, in all countries, across all political spectrums. 

This is why we need decentralized social media, as it is our chance to rid the world of the inevitable downwards social spiral led by misaligned incentives of web two business models.

We are what we pay attention to, and right now, attention is being consumed by an onslaught of addictive, polarizing content that pushes the youth towards either radicalization or complete indifference. Ironically, this is primarily to keep us engaged long enough to watch more ads about mental health (e.g better help ads are very common). 

The old model isn’t just unsustainable; it’s dangerous. We need a more human internet, and we need it now.

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its algorithm centered and designed to make you see content that will keep you wanting more versus designed to get you to conenct with others. 

See how often you see friends posts on instagram versus random reels and it becomes clear. Of course it was not always like this.

I remember our convo last last season was similar to this. I also don't get this one much. What do you mean by a human internet? Like a human-centered one? If it is not human-centered now, what is it?