Jeff JarvisApr 14, 2023
Oh, FFS. Orgasms cause dopamine. So do apples, bananas, oranges, and watermelon. Ban them all! Then can we ban the adrenaline raised by Jonathan Haidt's #MoralPanics?
Fareed Zakaria: TikTok is dangerously addictive. We should regulate it now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/14/tiktok-teens-mental-health-regulation/
TikTok is dangerously addictive. We should regulate it now.

The popular app is tied to declines in teenagers' mental health.

The Washington Post
Show threadSeanApr 14, 2023
@jeffjarvis it's not that natural sources of dopamine should be banned, but the products and services that were man made to be addictive should be regulated. Regulate Tiktok... and Facebook, and Twitter, and Instagram, and any other service that employs neurologists to make their algorithm as addictive, ahem, I mean "maximize engagement" as much as possible.
Show threadJeff Jarvis
@Sean After its creation, the modern novel was accused of exactly such addiction. Ban it!
Apr 14, 2023 at 7:33pmWeb