What do you see for the future of social media and its affect on mankind?

[stackholio]

This video got me thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzLtHqr1qjA

There are an insane amount of hurdles for humanity to jump over if we are to ever explore the visible universe. Elon Musk is doing his best, maybe not in the most ethical of ways, to get us there. We need a cultural and political shift in order to solve our immediate issues which seems to be happening at a steady pace. However, there seems to be significant issues with misinformation disseminating through social media channels further dividing us as people. How do you envision the evolution of social media in preventing misinformation, "fake news", etc. from continuing to divide and separate us into echo chambers?

[ladadadiweliketoparty]

I feel like this question is deep and philosophical and is better suited for the politics and society section however I will answer here yet. First off when there will be news there will always be fake news.

Fake news isnt a concept that is born because of social media but rather popularized because of social media. Traditional media outlets have also spread fake news you just never knew it or couldnt

fact check well enough to prove it. Now that the snake is out of the bag the real question is will people think critically for themselves? If we all do this and ask questions about the information we are

taking in daily we can fact check and corroborate these findings. It isnt up to the media outlets there job is to get likes, hits, reposts, or whatever. It is up to the common person to do their own work!

[HappyNonce]

This video got me thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzLtHqr1qjA

There are an insane amount of hurdles for humanity to jump over if we are to ever explore the visible universe. Elon Musk is doing his best, maybe not in the most ethical of ways, to get us there. We need a cultural and political shift in order to solve our immediate issues which seems to be happening at a steady pace. However, there seems to be significant issues with misinformation disseminating through social media channels further dividing us as people. How do you envision the evolution of social media in preventing misinformation, "fake news", etc. from continuing to divide and separate us into echo chambers?

Another good and relevant movie is hypernormalization:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fny99f8amM

[Hannu]

This video got me thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzLtHqr1qjA

There are an insane amount of hurdles for humanity to jump over if we are to ever explore the visible universe. Elon Musk is doing his best, maybe not in the most ethical of ways, to get us there. We need a cultural and political shift in order to solve our immediate issues which seems to be happening at a steady pace. However, there seems to be significant issues with misinformation disseminating through social media channels further dividing us as people. How do you envision the evolution of social media in preventing misinformation, "fake news", etc. from continuing to divide and separate us into echo chambers?

Yeah, 5G coming to citys, littlebit earlyer then 2020?

[zokizuan]

I can see the humanity being doomed

[Goosebump]

I personally feel that social media is killing our relationships that we have with one another. This coming generations divorce rate is going to be significantly higher than any other, because of the ease of communication/attention social media offers us.

[faimloup]

Interesting article on regulating smartphone/social network usage with children.

Are smartphones really making our children sad?
US psychologist Jean Twenge, who has claimed that social media is having a malign affect on the young, answers critics who accuse her of crying wolf
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/are-smartphones-really-making-our-children-sad

[faimloup]

Also a more chilling article by tech insiders warning of smartphone dystopia.

'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Google, Twitter and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks alarmed by a race for human attention
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

[BrandonChong37]

Well social media is changing daily so give it a few years and apple is going to take over man kind. Jk lmao.