Thought that’s been lurking in my subconscious for a few months now.
While there is merit to the “addictive social media UX” campaign/program of and others, there is also a danger that it might inadvertently trigger the digital equivalent to the war on drugs 1/2
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Just because some deliberately pursue dark pattern addictive design doesn’t mean they’re solely or even primarily responsible. Vultures eat carrion.
The enabling factor is alienation/isolation. Cf Cat Person.
That will manifest *no matter how well-intentioned the design* 2/2
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If I get what you’re saying, what would it look like to try to intervene closer to the root cause of alienation/isolation?
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It’s isomorphic to both the inequality and automation-ate-my-job problems. So whatever it takes to solve those.
No, history doesn’t repeat itself. At best it rhymes. Classical leftism is intellectually bankrupt for dealing with this go round. I actually think a round of religious movements will appear. That is a more robust response.
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