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		<title>Alternatives to &#8220;Likes&#8221; on Social Media</title>
		<link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2021/06/01/instead-likes-on-social-media/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=instead-likes-on-social-media&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=instead-likes-on-social-media</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 04:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Most social media platforms invite users to reply &#8220;Like&#8221; a Tweet, Post or Photo. It might be fun, for instance, when a dozen people &#8220;Liked&#8221; a photo of my salad. As argued, in &#8220;<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Social Dilemm</a>a,&#8221; however, piles of like can serve to steer people into tribes. This can happen when people post conclusions rather than thoughtful discussions.  It can happen when people make ad hominem attacks on their least favorite politicians and simplistic cartoons of complex social issues, such as immigration.</p>
<p>What is social media for?  That&#8217;s a good question and it might evoke ten different answers from ten people.  Is it for cat videos and photos of one&#8217;s children or is it appropriately used for discussing critically important social issues?  The suggestion that I&#8217;m about to make is for those of us who see social media as an opportunity to engage in serious conversations about important issues of the day with others in our network. Those not interested in serious discussions are invited to continue sharing cat photos.</p>
<p>I would suggest that in addition to the &#8220;Like&#8221; option, we add a few other options, including the following:</p>
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<li>Your post merely parrots a talking point of one of the two political parties.</li>
<li>You are making an ad hominem attack on a person, not providing me with useful information.</li>
<li>You are engaged in a [cognitive bias] [logical fallacy].</li>
<li>Your post caused me to think about a topic in a new way.</li>
<li>Your post made me less certain of </li></ul>&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Facebook Safe Usage Product Warnings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I recently watched the new documentary, <a href="https://www.thesocialdilemma.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;The Social Dilemma.&#8221;</a> which has inspired me to cut my usage of Facebook. Rather than simply scold myself to cut FB usage, I decided to create more detailed guidance for myself (and anyone else who finds this useful):</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Facebook Safe-Usage Product Warnings</strong></p>
<p>A. Use FB no more than 10 minutes per day (extra time allowed for posting content I create and for exchanging private messages). Set a timer. This limited use will function like the rule many people use for potato chips: Put a handful into a small bowl instead of gobbling them out from the full bag.</p>
<p>B. Before any FB session, remind myself that FB is a valuable and useful platform with serious hidden dangers. Thus, using FB is like using a dangerous consumer product where the manufacturer failed to attach necessary usage warnings.</p>
<p>C. Remind myself that FB has been meticulously designed as a highly-sophisticated manipulation engine. In the short run, FB is addictive. In the long run, FB encourages us to think like teams instead of as individuals and this it is ripping our communities apart.</p>
<p>D. Only use FB intentionally, never out of boredom, out of habit or thoughtlessly. Don’t use FB unless I’m using it consciously. Avoid using FB when I’m tired or fatigued, because these are times when I am especially prone to go down the FB rabbit hole.</p>
<p>E. Before using FB, always ask myself whether there is a better use of my time, such as &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pandemic #2: Divisiveness Caused by Social Media</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 23:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1312727949540495366" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-30978" src="http://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tulsi-688x1024.png" alt="Tulsi" width="688" height="1024" title="Pandemic #2: Divisiveness Caused by Social Media 1" srcset="https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tulsi-688x1024.png 688w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tulsi-201x300.png 201w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tulsi-768x1144.png 768w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tulsi.png 908w" sizes="(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px"/></a></p>
<p>For the first step in defeating Pandemic #2, please watch the new documentary, &#8220;The Social Dilemma.&#8221; (You&#8217;ll find it on Netflix).</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uaaC57tcci0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>As you use social media, try to cruise at 10,000 feet like a disinterested anthropologist and then ask yourself whether kind-hearted intelligent people should be talking at each other like much of what you will see.</p>
<p>Pandemic #2 is invisible, just like Pandemic #1, and you&#8217;ll feel like you are in charge of your thoughts the entire time. Pandemic #2 quietly invades our minds, then erects filter bubbles around us that destroy the possibility of civil discourse on the most important issues facing us. Pandemic #2 destroys the possibility of e pluribus unum. We need to take action now, because huge misplaced financial incentives guarantee that Big Tech is not going to rescue us.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sam Harris Explores the Global Epidemic of Child Sexual Abuse</title>
		<link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2020/08/11/sam-harris-explores-the-global-epidemic-of-child-sexual-abuse/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sam-harris-explores-the-global-epidemic-of-child-sexual-abuse&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sam-harris-explores-the-global-epidemic-of-child-sexual-abuse</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://samharris.org/podcasts/213-worst-epidemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In his introduction to &#8220;The Worst Epidemic,&#8221;</a> Sam Harris warns that the subject matter might be difficult for listeners. The topic is the global epidemic of child sexual abuse involving children as young as one year old. Sam is joined by Gabriel Dance, a <em>NYT</em> reporter who has thoroughly investigated this issue. Until I forced myself to listen, I had assumed that this predatory behavior was relatively rare, but I was shocked to learn that sexual predators have exploited every corner of the Internet. To illustrate, Dance mentions that law enforcement experts estimate that of the 9 million citizens of New Jersey, 400,000 have been exposed to these highly illegal images and videos, some of this exposure being inadvertent, but much of it being intentional. It makes you wonder who we are, as a nation, that so many among us are willing to torture children. The tragedy is widespread, making the technical challenges and law enforcement needs overwhelming.</p>
<p>As a public service, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93YWtpbmd1cC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw/episode/YzRlZWRhMTItNjNkOC00YmEyLTk0YjgtZGVhYTE4OGMzYWEz?hl=en&#38;ved=2ahUKEwjPpraI15TrAhXPAp0JHa8sBpQQieUEegQIAhAE&#38;ep=6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sam has put this episode in front of his paywall.</a> The topic spirals in many directions, including the misleading concept of “child pornography,” the failure of governments and tech companies to grapple with the problem, the tradeoff between online privacy and protecting children, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, photo DNA, the roles played by specific tech companies, the ethics of encryption, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris#/media/File:Sam_Harris-20100211.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-30704 " src="http://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sam_Harris-20100211-1024x692.jpg" alt="Sam Harris 20100211" width="236" height="159" title="Sam Harris Explores the Global Epidemic of Child Sexual Abuse 2" srcset="https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sam_Harris-20100211-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sam_Harris-20100211-300x203.jpg 300w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sam_Harris-20100211-768x519.jpg 768w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sam_Harris-20100211.jpg 1065w" sizes="(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px"/></a>“sextortion,” and the culture of pedophiles.</p>
<p>I am proud to say that I have been a paid subscriber of <a href="https://samharris.org/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Making Sense</a> for years. Sam &#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Digital Sneetches</title>
		<link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2020/07/25/the-digital-sneetches/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-digital-sneetches&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-digital-sneetches</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 05:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are being poisoned and divided by our leaders, our media and the fucking algorithms. The best thing we could do for each other, our country and our sanity would be to log off and starve all these fuckers.</p>
<p>&#8212; Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) <a href="https://twitter.com/BridgetPhetasy/status/1287159521643597824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
		
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