Stoa: Social Media
from Stoa Hosted by Prakhar Gupta, Perry Sidhu, Jonathan Karten
00:00 Begin 00:38 Stoa Introduction Topic: Social Media Format: Red Team/Blue Team Moderator: Jonathan Karten Guidelines 4:17 Stoa begins 5:16 [Coin flip] 5:45 Health ramifications of social media Red: Do not regulate (Free Market) Blue: Pro regulation 6:57 The Attention Economy 10:04 Regulations surrounding addiction 14:10 Dangers of app technology 14:55 Free market implications (Cost/Benefit analysis) 16: 58 Illusion of success on social media 20:20 Foundation of sand 22:20 [Switch sides] 23:32 Exploitation of consumers 26:24 Whose responsibility is it to regulate social media? 27:58 Scheming nature of these apps 29:01 Connectivity in a global market 31:41 [Coin flip] Regulatory responsibility: Parents or Government Red: Government's responsibility Blue: Parent's responsibility 39:38 Philosophical role of government 42:49 [Switch sides] 46:16 Psychology of optimal adolescent development 48:00 Softening competition/shift of our psychological reality 49:42 What are we optimizing for? 51:04 The reference of what is good/bad comes from our present world 52:00 [Open discussion] What is the litmus test? When do we hit a critical mass? 54:58 Regulating/optimizing one's own use of social media 58:38 End Music: Big Boi Hefner -IG: @bigboi.hefner -Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/bigboihefner
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Social media has become deeply interwoven throughout all of our lives. But with this comes a number of questions relevant to our wellbeing. Is social media beneficial to society? Does it change the way we communicate or view ourselves? Does it pose potential health risks we should be concerned about? What's the role of government in regulating something so pervasive? Or should we leave it up to the free market? Is social media a brilliant innovation that permits endless amounts of opportunity to the average individual? Has it created the possibility of a genuine global society? Join us as we play with these questions and more! Topic: Social Media Format: Red Team/Blue Team Moderator: Jonathan Karten
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