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ryandrake ◴[] No.43748740[source]
50 years from now, we are going to be looking back at Social Media and Smartphone addiction like we currently look at smoking. “How insane were we to have allowed it and allowed it to be promoted?” our grandchildren will rightly ask!
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milesrout ◴[] No.43749071[source]
No. It is like alcohol: perfectly fine in reasonable doses, but harmful to people that get addicted.
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polar8 ◴[] No.43749112[source]
“Perfectly fine” is a bit of a stretch. No amount of alcohol is good for health. WHO now say even small amounts increase risk of cancer and liver disease.
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1. potato3732842 ◴[] No.43750590[source]
Having to share a world with people who take way to seriously the long tail of things that will kill you so little you need massive sample sizes and meta studies to quantify the effect is a hell of a lot worse for my health than ~2 light beers per week and a steak a month.