Could be sample bias, of course. I only loosely follow the science, and my audience obviously leans heavily skeptical at this point. I wouldn't pretend to *know* that the most dire predictions will come true. I'd much, much rather be conclusively proven wrong about this.
But I'm still waiting.
@glyph this thread needs to be an essay, and then a research hypothesis.
I very much feel like I’m watching the last 35 years of my ever-enshittifying social network exposure, sped up 10x and replayed.
In 1991 I remember having the flash of insight - without the life experience to really go into it deeply then - that the way nascent social network tech constrained and shaped interaction was going to force a mass cognitive adaptation for which we were not ready.
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/johannab/statuses/116223448295983583 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)
