The most egregious symptom is polarisation. Social media, as currently built, leads users to take extreme political positions and demonise the opposing side. This makes constructive engagement difficult, allows outlandish conspiracy theories to flourish, and promotes demagoguery over deliberation. Soon, civilised discussion about important issues becomes impossible. Polarisation, I fear, might have dire outcomes for humanity, with consequences on a global scale.
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