Read Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today by Naomi Alderman, which is an excellent discussion of how social media and the modern information environment are terrible for us. She posits that, as has happened a few times before in human history, we’re in an information crisis and haven’t adapted to it, and suggests various ways to do so (such as regulation of social media and news sources, the Brick app and device to turn off apps, and whitelisting for one’s own feed). I don’t agree entirely with her thesis but it’s a worthwhile read.
