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Social media is destroying society in a bad equilibrium that quitting cannot fix and that requires government regulations.

Drawn from what Noah Smith said

Subjectsgovernmentsocial media
What these subjects mean

government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

social media Feeds and the platforms that rank them: what an algorithm decides is important, and what curating your own sources costs.

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  1. Noah Smith

    Economics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletter

    Social media is destroying out society. Quitting doesn't help because everyone else is still on it. It's a bad equilibrium. It needs to be solved with government regulations.

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    ↗@Noahpinion on Xx.com

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