Checking on Facebook. We are seeing the psychological immiseration of humanity through thoughtless application of modern technology

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Market for Lemons economic process at work. Soon, no arbitrary information will have genuine informational value. At that point, the value of authenticity and non-repudiation will be greater than the friction to provide that utility, and new forms of validation will arise and be valued.

That's why many of us are in this struggle over the shifting information paradigms. Things like this make me more optimistic.