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Study: Psychologists conclude that social media algorithms have a negative influence on users mental health (news.utdallas.edu)

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

See: Manna by Marshall Brain. In his Australia project they simply install a centrally controlled "cutoff switch" - when people are out of line their conscious brain gets switched over to a virtual reality where they can live out their fantasies while their bodies report to detention until their brain decides it wants to join "the real world" again.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 hours ago

That doesn't work. The average individual is too hedonistic to refrain from any pleasureable or self reinforcing loop. It's been a cautionary tale in stories since ancient times.