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There is more than enough research. https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-its-platforms-are-addictive-and-harmful-still-it-targets-teens/

There is more than enough research. https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-its-platforms-are-addictive-and-harmful-still-it-targets-teens/ https://thehighwire.com/news/metas-internal-research-proves-... But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper (or numbers in a bank account) are less mentally ill than people hoarding pieces of regular paper (or other things).

high_na_euv 2mo ago
>But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper (or numbers in a bank account) are less mentally ill than people hoarding pieces of regular paper (or other things). Wut
- inigyou 2mo ago
  We agreed that people have more or less power depending on this silly thing called "dollars", and because we agreed they have power, they have power. It's pretty weird how we did that even though them having so much power is massively detrimental to human civilization.
- dexterdog 2mo ago
  He's talking about money
qup 2mo ago
You think billionaires are hoarders because the shares they own become worth a lot of money when they build successful companies?
- datadrivenangel 2mo ago
  It's like playing cookie clicker except the higher your number goes up the more social status you and power you have.
  - cryptopian 2mo ago
    And like cookie clicker, once you're watching the number going up long term, it's hard for your mind to accept a point at which you have "enough".
- TheOtherHobbes 2mo ago
  Circular definition. Number go up = "successful". A non-hoarding economy would look very different, be far more exciting and inventive, and wouldn't be staging an ecological suicide run.
lazide 2mo ago
If you're poor, you're crazy. If you're rich, well, you're just eccentric. Because you can pay your way, mainly.

high_na_euv 2mo ago

>But nothing's going to change as long as we continue pretending that billionaires hoarding pieces of "special" paper (or numbers in a bank account) are less mentally ill than people hoarding pieces of regular paper (or other things). Wut

inigyou 2mo ago
We agreed that people have more or less power depending on this silly thing called "dollars", and because we agreed they have power, they have power. It's pretty weird how we did that even though them having so much power is massively detrimental to human civilization.
dexterdog 2mo ago
He's talking about money

qup 2mo ago

You think billionaires are hoarders because the shares they own become worth a lot of money when they build successful companies?

datadrivenangel 2mo ago
It's like playing cookie clicker except the higher your number goes up the more social status you and power you have.
- cryptopian 2mo ago
  And like cookie clicker, once you're watching the number going up long term, it's hard for your mind to accept a point at which you have "enough".
TheOtherHobbes 2mo ago
Circular definition. Number go up = "successful". A non-hoarding economy would look very different, be far more exciting and inventive, and wouldn't be staging an ecological suicide run.

lazide 2mo ago

If you're poor, you're crazy. If you're rich, well, you're just eccentric. Because you can pay your way, mainly.