Just about every change in communication technologies has caused social and political turmoil
the printing press
radio
TV
the internet
social media
One possible explanation is that, new forms of communication often don’t have as much social regulations (intrinsic or extrinsic), which cause the proliferation of socially unacceptable ideas and conspiracy theory
There are a couple of YouTube videos by Hank Green that go into this topic
That’s not to say that i don’t feel the “doomscroll depression”, or that things will 100% get better. Just that there’s a historical trend, and we happen to be in the dip of the largest communications tech change in history
It’s different because it’s 24/7, and global. But it’s the same pattern
Just about every change in communication technologies has caused social and political turmoil
One possible explanation is that, new forms of communication often don’t have as much social regulations (intrinsic or extrinsic), which cause the proliferation of socially unacceptable ideas and conspiracy theory
There are a couple of YouTube videos by Hank Green that go into this topic
That’s not to say that i don’t feel the “doomscroll depression”, or that things will 100% get better. Just that there’s a historical trend, and we happen to be in the dip of the largest communications tech change in history
It’s different because it’s 24/7, and global. But it’s the same pattern