Ben Shapiro just dropped a spicy take: social media algorithms might be making us dumber, not smarter. The Daily Wire guy argues that doom-scrolling on certain platforms could actually disconnect you from what's real. More screen time = less actual knowledge? That's a wild perspective considering how many of us live online these days. Makes you wonder if we're all trapped in our own digital echo chambers.
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AirdropNinja
· 18h ago
The algorithm has indeed turned us all into fools. Scrolling every day just empties our minds.
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ValidatorViking
· 12-05 11:49
algo-induced cognitive degradation is real, but shapiro's missing the actual vector here. the real slashing risk is consensus finality on *what's true* when everyone's running different feed forks. not about screen time—it's about validator set fragmentation in the attention economy. we've seen this movie before with protocol governance debates. nobody wants to admit their node is misconfigured.
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DYORMaster
· 12-04 02:02
Nah, Ben is absolutely right. I noticed it a long time ago. I spent three hours scrolling on Xiaohongshu and realized I didn't learn anything.
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MEVHunterLucky
· 12-04 02:01
ngl Ben makes some good points, but we Web3 folks understand even better how algorithms can be toxic, right? Getting brainwashed by the feed 2,000 times a day, it's just impossible to stop.
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BlockchainArchaeologist
· 12-04 02:01
Algorithms have made us all dumb, who doesn't know that?
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just_vibin_onchain
· 12-04 01:59
ngl Shapiro does make some good points, but isn't this guy also churning out content like crazy on all major platforms himself...
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SolidityNewbie
· 12-04 01:44
ngl Shapiro is right, I now spend more time scrolling Twitter than reading source code. My mind is really getting more and more muddled.
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ImpermanentLossFan
· 12-04 01:39
ngl it's pretty ironic for shap to say this, isn't he also making a living off algorithms...
Ben Shapiro just dropped a spicy take: social media algorithms might be making us dumber, not smarter. The Daily Wire guy argues that doom-scrolling on certain platforms could actually disconnect you from what's real. More screen time = less actual knowledge? That's a wild perspective considering how many of us live online these days. Makes you wonder if we're all trapped in our own digital echo chambers.