i think we are entering into a political stage where the bankrupt and mediocre administrative state will always present 'cures' to dangers presented by new things that are more harmful than the 'disease' guaranteed, squeezing any value creation by entreprenuers to death or stopping it before it emerges. like an event horizon we cannot come back from, it gets worse from here before it gets better.
The US Surgeon General has decided that social media needs warning labels similar to the parental warnings about explicit music in the 90’s… This is a moral panic which has no basis in science.
nostr:npub1f4faufazfl4cf43c893wx5ppnlqfu4evy2shc4p9gknfe56mqelsc5f7ql has two great articles, one digging in to why warning labels on social media is a terrible idea.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-surgeon-general-is-wrong-social-media-doesnt-need-warning-labels
And then another on why Jonathan Haidt’s new book “The Anxious Generation” blames youth mental health issues on social media in a way that’s easy, wrong, and dangerous.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-coddling-of-the-american-parent
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