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🔬 A group of 17 researchers across fields from biology to climate science to philosophy have co-written a paper arguing that studying the effects of social media should be treated as a “crisis discipline.”
WTF ?
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🔬 A group of 17 researchers across fields from biology to climate science to philosophy have co-written a paper arguing that studying the effects of social media should be treated as a “crisis discipline.”
WTF ?
A thread to understand 👇
🧑⚕️ A "crisis discipline" means that scientists work *across* disciplines to tackle a big, pressing issue.
It's rare.
☣️ The researchers ultimately argue that it’s dangerous to know as little as we presently do about the effects of social media on society.
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It's rare.
☣️ The researchers ultimately argue that it’s dangerous to know as little as we presently do about the effects of social media on society.
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🤯 Among the problems listed, they argue that our lack of understanding about the collective behavioral effects of new tech is a danger to democracy and scientific progress.
😱 The list of consequences ? From election tampering to disease, extremism, famine, racism and war.
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😱 The list of consequences ? From election tampering to disease, extremism, famine, racism and war.
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📰 In this interview of 2 of the involved scientists, they sound the alarm on what they call "a massive problem".
🥴 They draw comparisons with other "complex systems".
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🥴 They draw comparisons with other "complex systems".
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💥 They warn about possible sudden collapse and catastrophic failure, due to the finite limit to perturbation any complex system may withstand.
📉 An example of a complex system ? A financial bubble.
The full interview 👉 vox.com/recode/2021/6/…
📉 An example of a complex system ? A financial bubble.
The full interview 👉 vox.com/recode/2021/6/…
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