Social Media Can Be Reimagined for the Good of Society
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It's not enough to fix existing social media, we must imagine, experiment with, and build social media that can be good for society.
(Illustration by Vreni Stollberger) Over the past two decades, social media has moved from a space of aspiration for people who study social change, to a space of profound anxiety. If we believe news headlines, social media is responsible for many of the major scourges of modern life. It is coarsening our political discourse, leading to polarization and division. It exposes vulnerable people to extremist ideology, driving them toward violence. Social media is addictive, can damage our body image and sense of self-worth. If all this is indeed true, it's odd that our society has not chosen to ba
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