The BBC reported about a major decision about social media addiction, today.
‘Arturo Bejar, who used to work at Instagram, said he warned Mark Zuckerberg of the dangers it posed to children several years ago. “It changed from a product you used to a product that uses you,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday. Meta has denied his claims. Some experts have described the verdict as big tech’s “big tobacco” moment…’
Plenty of things to write and say here at the opinionated DESK of DK. First, what took so long? I guess there were ‘interests’. These interests generally tend to move us away from what’s good for the public, and instead towards what big lobbyists or billionaires want. Cynical? Jaded? Hard to say… There are so many things one can read on the news to get very negative about. But here I am, in the sunny, breezy place that is Phnom Penh and an outdoorsy spot. So, like, with Vitamin D and stuff it’s nice. I remember someone coming to visit and being like, “You’re lucky you have… sun.”
Comparison is the theif of joy, as they say. But Instagramming makes you do it.
I hope that stops, thanks to this news.