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by gherkinnn 19 days ago
I also want people to make their own mistakes.

This position fails when these mistakes, in this case social media, purposefully and knowingly override our monkey brains and when widespread adoption of these mistakes allow severe negative outcomes to emerge.

Lastly, it is extremely hard for most people to escape the pull of (ostensibly) social networks and doing so anyway comes with social cost.