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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

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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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What Noah Smith actually said

  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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