What Noah Smith thinks about social media
Economics writer; author of the Noahpinion newsletter.
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7 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 wordsThen smartphones and social media came and made everything much much worse.
- 4 weeks earlier
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Their wordsSocial media elevates the worst people in our society and let's them rule over us
- 2 days earlier
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Our readingThe political system is actually ruled by young staffers who consume extremist social media content.
Their wordswe're actually ruled by 27-year-old staffers who mainline extremist X and TikTok slop
- 2 days earlier
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Their wordsGlad to see people finally pointing the finger at social media.
- 6 days earlier
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Their wordsSocial media made malignant trolls the emperor's of our society
- 11 days earlier
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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