![]() ![]() Going back decades, to experimental work on the behavior of conditioned rats, it became clear that the human brain, on a fundamental level, works in much the same way. ![]() To achieve this goal, it turned to the psychological literature. Irresistible, the new book by Eric Alter, that describes the effects of social media on our children and the science behind those effects, sheds light on some of the reasons for this soul searching.įacebook’s goal has been to reach and connect as many people as possible through its social media platform. There has even been a good deal of hand wringing among some ex-Facebook executives, who have had second thoughts about what they have created. Hailed as a great unifier, and a way to connect people-social media was the force behind the Arab Spring and other revolutionary movements-the broader implications of this network have come crashing down on us. ![]() ![]() A global network that was initially seen as a great gift to humankind is now being reconsidered. With the recent revelations about the Russian trolling of the 2016 presidential election, during which both Facebook and Twitter were manipulated by a foreign power, we are witnessing the beginning of a national reckoning with social media. ![]()
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