Re Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: Danny Weitzner <djweitzner () csail mit edu>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society
> Date: December 12, 2017 at 10:03:36 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
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> I'm sure this reflects a well-intentioned guilty conscience, but it strikes me as the height of techno-determinism 
> and Silicon Valley self-importance to believe that the flaws in this medium are at the heart of the tensions in our 
> social fabric. Does anyone really believe that but for FB and other social media we would be having an easy time 
> managing:
>
> 1/massive economic dislocation, deep-seated tensions in gender relations, 
>
> 2/culture war version X between the parts of the country that 'want to make America great again' by retreating from 
> the world and turning their backs on diversity and tolerance, versus those parts of the country (not defined any more 
> by just Red States and Blue ones) 
>
> 3/huge gaps between those who accept science and reason versus those who distrust even well-supported scientific 
> results if the origin is an elite university
>
> I'd remind everyone that in the 2008 election, may of the now critics of Facebook etc gave those networks credit for 
> the election of our first African-American president over the presumptive Democratic nominee. 
>
> Social networks as a medium are highly imperfect and should be more responsibly managed by the owners and regulated 
> when they come into contract with the campaign finance and advertising arenas. But we have bigger problems than 
> 'like' buttons and 143+ character messages.
>
> Danny
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> Daniel J. Weitzner, Principal Research Scientist
> MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
> Director, MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative <https://internetpolicy.mit.edu/>
> Tel: +1 617 253 8036
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> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 1:14 AM DAVID FARBER <dfarber () me com <mailto:dfarber () me com>> wrote:
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> > Subject: Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society
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> > Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society
> > ‘No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth.’
> > https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/11/16761016/former-facebook-exec-ripping-apart-society 
> > <https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/11/16761016/former-facebook-exec-ripping-apart-society>
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> Daniel J. Weitzner, Principal Research Scientist 
> MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
> Director, Internet Policy Research Initiative
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