[jrauser]

What if Facebook is exploiting the same weaknesses that cigarette companies or drug dealers or casinos do? Have you ever walked into a casino and seen truly sad people whiling away their time and money? Have you ever walked past a homeless heroin addict on the street? You might argue that those people have revealed their preferences, but to me it appears that they are trapped in addictive cycle reinforced by unscrupulous predators. That billions of people might be trapped in such an addictive cycle that feeds them intellectual poison is at least cause for alarm if not a full-on crisis.