What Noah Smith thinks about social media
Economics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletter.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Noah Smith has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsSocial 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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Their wordsSocial media put our entire discourse in the hands of our society's biggest assholes and idiots, just in time for the arrival of an alien superintelligence