Social media and political polarization in America | 60 Minutes

The co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology tells Bill Whitaker social media companies are profiting off Americans’ online anger.
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[@scarpfish]

I sure wish we could see an alternate timeline in which social media was never a thing just so we could see by comparison how much damage it's done to society on our timeline.

[@dixonarc69]

It can be our reality. First step - don't make another comment on KZbin.

[@itsdarellcuh]

Sounds like a good film script

[@tugboat2030]

It's called the 1960s and 70s

[@Jabberstax]

Social media exists in every country yet it's only in America where it seems to widen division.

[@LafemmebearMusic]

@@tugboat2030 the problem is it’s a complex discussion. Because it might not matter to you, but brown black and lgbtq and poor people often intersecting demographics, suddenly got voices from not often having them. Realize in the 60s and 70s a lot of these groups had no real platforms. It’s pretty awful social media and it has given folx voices who normally don’t have them. So I guess what’s the best move?

[@Mr.Zen_73]

The only social media I use now is KZbin, and even then i'm really mindful of what I click on.

[@gabethedinosaur95]

I like KZbin too

[@DurgaDas96]

Me too…

[@jessepage8268]

Me 3

[@jessepage8268]

I'm glad that 60 minutes USA you can comment and share opinions unlike Aussie even though they cover good stories like what's happening in Taiwan and that the west should be preventing a war for the benefit of man kind

[@SurvivnIn508]

Same

[@jackmedlock5888]

I am so glad that 60 minutes covered this topic.

[@jessmason2112]

No doubt.

[@bravocharlie639]

CBS covered the 2016 Campaign. Two Candidates were very popular: Trump and Bernie. CBS amd the networks talked about one Candidate's popularity but not about his background, the other Candidate was ignored completely. It is disingenuous for CBS' 60 Minutes to run a story about disinformation when Trump's background _predicted_ his Presidency whereas Bernie has a long political background and has consistently fought for the Working Class. Remember, it was Superdelegates that made Hillary Clinton the Democratic Nominee. CBS and ALL the major networks are not on the high ground here. They have themselves to ALSO blame for public discourse.

[@aaronthenorm5400]

Their are great vids on it on You-tube

[@kevinowens7452]

Jack.

[@wu7690]

@@hansgrubber6157 exactly

[@Iquey]

I heard this segment on the way back home on NPR in a friend's car radio. Glad I could find the rest of it on KZbin!

[@CompaDeArranke]

Ive discovered A LOT of important interviews on NPR, and I also follow up on them online 😅

[@RoundingThird]

‘The business model is to ruin Thanksgiving dinner.’ So true.

[@tyy5557]

It has ruined mine several times.

[@JEMurl]

It's a real shame that 60 minutes has chosen to portray what is happening in America as "people's ideals clashing" instead of showing The People what is really going on: that the former president stole secret documents that put American Citizens and our Allies in danger. That the former president falsely claimed the election was rigged simply because he couldn't accept loosing. That thee former president let loose a mob of brainwashed maniacs upon thee Capitol building and that they almost killed this Nations servants.

[@mistrmistr6417]

Don't forget to include "Everything"!

[@KatieKress-k9s]

It's not even about Thanksgiving. Hisv30 sec. Opening was a lie

[@cent20buck71]

"Bothsidesism" is why people are sick of mainstream media. MeidasTouch is about truth & democracy. Democracy is not a right or left issue. At least till now.

[@anonimuse6553]

Hate and anger are drugs. Many people are easily pulled into hate like it's ice cream to a starved child. Emotional discipline or resistance to the allure of the Hate high should be part of the educational system.

[@AquaeAtrae]

Yeah. Many imagine the social media problem to be a technical one or some maliciously designed master plan. But all it's doing it maximizing user engagement for revenue. It's our own basic human nature to pay attention to outrage and outrageousness, to align into tribal thinking and mob mentality. The "system" is simply amplifying our most dramatic reactions. Sadly, cute kittens are about the only benign aspect that rises from all this. Our modern world needs more lolcats and less crazy.

[@vvggg12]

That’s a great point. It’s a quick and cheap thrill.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Nobody is entitled to the status quo. There is nothing sacred about the status quo. The status quo IS an extremist position. I am sick & tired of using labels like "extreme" or "extremist" or "hatred" or "hate speech" to dismiss or to refuse to address someone's ideas POVs, without investigation, or deny them power in government. Fairness & justice are what matter & what should be optimized. NEVER just law & order for law's sake. Law & order IS government IS communism. It is just as stupid and fascist for anarchists to be fanatically anticommunist as it is for communists to be fanatically anti-anarchist/pro-communism/pro law & order just for law & order's sake. Government/laws are just tools. When they fail, don't use them.

[@vvggg12]

@Aristocrat of the Soul Are you in the educational system? Do you have any real knowledge of it?

[@deegir3354]

HEY - 60 minutes: there is a BIG difference between passionate and reasoned concern for the wellbeing of our democracy and "anger". The writers of this piece clearly do not understand the MeidasTouch network at all. There is NO anger there. Just well reasoned facts about the current threat to our democracy and a lot of education and inspiration to people who hold similar concerns.

[@catherinekasmer9905]

I agree 100%! The false equivalency is a strategy of the right wing GOP to keep people from believing the truth. It dovetails with their spreading of lies and propaganda.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Morons and idiots got to stop throwing around words like "anger" and "hate/hatred/hate speech" as an excuse to silence/ignore/deny others freedom of speech. Those words alone tell us NOTHING about whether that anger or hatred is justified. e.g. Worker unions, the poor, prisoner rights advocates, Antinatalists, climate activists, Animal Rights Vegans, Atheists, Alien believers+UFO disclosure activists are JUSTIFIED in being anger, enraged and hating hypocritical pro-status quo conservaturds who have oppressed/silenced their causes - IMPORTANT causes - for decades.

[@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023]

Also: Donald J. Trump has clearly forfeited his oath to the USA, i.e. he IS a traitor (add "allegedly" to that if you live in a country with aggressive libel laws). There is nothing angry about that statement, it's just facts, easy to discern even from the European side of the Atlantic.

[@AquaeAtrae]

Why isn't there a senate committee dedicated solely to social media and it's engagement-based algorithm?! Why doesn't this dominate news coverage? Our economy, public health, climate, democracy, and frankly even civilization itself are all threatened and debilitated by how social media amplifies our worst human natures. None of these would be such a serious crisis if not for our echo chambers and divided response to these fundamentally common causes.

[@TK-mf5in]

Hilarious. The republicans think social media is censoring conservatives - you can’t have a bipartisan committee in this climate.

[@talleyduhammer]

I wish i can like this 1000 times. I was born in 82 and i can honestly say social media is a society killer

[@lantrick]

Why? Because they are consumed by the Politics of outrage and no longer function as a deliberative body.

[@AquaeAtrae]

@@lantrick It's true governments (in America and elsewhere) are already so hyperpartisan that it barely functions thanks to our respective echo chambers. But that doesn't explain why no one is even trying. I would at least expect to see individual politicians focusing their campaigns and town halls around this issue. They should be competing to best present the problem and possible solutions to the public and on the debate floor. A skilled politician could raise the alarm and propose at least some regulations that both conservatives and liberals would find common cause around. Perhaps just to shed light on the problem and educate the public. But I can't think of even one who focuses on this more than an occasional criticism.

[@NeroLeMorte]

Politicians and rich executives: money!

[@alazarhabte4670]

Social media is an addiction. Therefore isn't easy to quit. I greed 100% with you.

[@brandonstahlecker]

I just recently deleted my Facebook, I don't miss it at all. Yes it's very addictive but after two weeks you kinda just forget about it. The one thing I do not like about deleting Facebook account is how long it actually takes to delete they wait a full 30 days before they fully delete your account.

[@Moodboard39]

@@brandonstahlecker yea annoy

[@thewakakeboarder]

Dear KZbin algorithm please promote this video more even though it's against your self interest.... it is in the best interest of humanity. And we should all care about humanity.

[@cellardoor199991]

Perfect guys to interview for this - Tristen and Jonathan. Watch their Joe Rogan interviews and their TED Talk. Absolutely brilliant.

[@nicholasorr6051]

Great piece. The harms to our social interactions and political discourse are not just happening in the US but worldwide. A must-read on exactly this topic - The Chaos Machine, by Max Fisher. I stumbled over it on Apple Books - it's a scathing attack on the very design of these platforms, the ethos those behind them do business by, and an eye opening account of the harms done over the past decade or two, both on the individual brain level and the societal level. The book is written by a New York Times investigative journalist, based on dozens if not hundreds of insider interviews, and thoroughly evidenced. Cannot recommend enough.

[@nikita-dh5je]

This is a terrible piece. This is the ultimate in both sides are equal or false equivalence. CNN is into this now. Marjorie Taylor Green, Fox News, and right media are mostly all huge disinformation sites, liars, and promote fascism. The Midas Touch speaks the literal truth when they call Trump a traitor, he tried a fake elector scheme to overturn an election, he incited an insurrection that almost had his VP hung, he stole classified documents , he is a traitor, this is not just rhetoric. Please stop with the both sides are equal nonsense.

[@AsianOrigin]

its crazy because I cant even watch a tv show without going on social media :(.

[@mKSicily]

People need to hear this.

[@maverik15j]

60 minutes should follow Frontline’s lead and start posting full interviews.

[@Molkatoftime]

This is the first time, and probably the most shocked I have ever been to see the comments actually activated!!! This was a good choice. Conversation is healthy. This is a very important topic. Thank you

[@sunburstrose7860]

Netflix's documentary "Social Dilemma" covered this--back in 2020!

[@skylorwilliams5036]

I’m the moderate majority and I’m past exhausted. I’ve been exhausted since 2010.

[@PotatosPotatoes]

I found this video on social media.

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Dumb joke.

[@frodotheewok]

Well done piece. As a tech enthusiast and developer, I do wonder if we are running experiments on human society without first giving time to understand and integrate with new tech developments. AI, robots and displacement of labor force will be next.

[@merrymary767]

This is the experiment. How much money can they make before we break. Mental Illness makes lots of money. Fear sells guns and security systems. When the government of UNITED States of America allowed Fox news to report lies we were doomed to this nightmare of incivility. But that all changed in the 80's under a Republican regime. I worked for survey Co for the last 11 years. I have heard it all.

[@king50ace2]

Great piece

[@Bax365]

Desperately needed piece too.

[@JusticeAlways]

👍

[@nikita-dh5je]

Terrible piece, another both sides are equal or false equivalence nonsense. Trump is a TRAITOR, Midas Touch is correct, don't confuse right from wrong.

[@carrieullrich5059]

The Midas Touch post, was factual. They're actually doing journalism, like 60 Minutes used to do decades ago.... Visit their KZbin channel for facts with receipts.

[@maryknight4109]

Carrie Ullrich - And please do not forget "Beau of the Fifth Column" and "Big Red Celt."

[@catherinekasmer9905]

This story by 60 minutes is a version of the right wing false equivalency strategy meant to delegitimize truth and confuse people! I wonder who owns the 60 minutes people?

[@operator0017]

Yes! He is right-on!

[@beatniksfrommars]

"It will be my objective to phase out Social security. To pull it up by the roots and get rid of it." Sen. Mike Lee. R, Utah

[@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane]

And what about Tucker Carlson and Fox News? That's 10x worse, and it's not social media.

[@styrpak1]

100%

[@marylm]

no debut. I'm so glad that this topic has been covered bt 60 minutes. thank you all guys!

[@MrBrad898540]

An interesting commentary on the "gladiator effect" of social media polarizing everybody. What it doesn't address, is the underlying issues which Americans continue to ignore which have made them angry in the first place. Policing social media isn't going to do anything. As long as Americans try to avoid real problems and make a specialty out of lying to each other, things will only get worse. That is the real issue.

[@voncarlowitz3506]

I totally agree with you. Same song in Europe!

[@thatoneguy62276]

Those lies spread 100 times faster and are reinforced and broadcasted to a wider audience through unregulated social media use. Social media compels people to double down and reinforce their lifes in order to win and save face from being wrong.

[@JakubNeustadt]

That is true, but the fact that social media are built on this business model and are using it still stands, there is no reason to not do something about both these things in parallel

[@brudiallen]

Very good point

[@firstlast8258]

We have to first agree on what is a problem or not

[@Dk-qf8dd]

Add in Government censorship and media “lies” and you get a serious mess that is used to make money at the expense of the consumer.

[@RankinMsP]

I think we need to acknowledge our part in all this. If people choose to be angry, abusive etc we can't just blame SM. We clearly have that in us and SM is simply giving us the drug we wanted. We can't blame an app no one forces us to click on. Yes, we know it's skewered but we also know we have to control ourselves. We can't demand 'freedoms and free speech' then complain when we abuse it. We are allowing it and should be the ones to act.

[@joaoteixeiraduarte]

You’re missing the crucial point: social media platforms are not dumb pipes. They’re deliberately designed to emotionally engage us, because emotional charge will make us spend more time on the platforms. They’re very interested in maximising those posts that will enrage us. The apps “no one forces us to click on” are core communications platforms for the younger generations, they’re their “TV” like TV was for us in the 80s and 90s. And they employ psychologists (like myself) in designing software to deliberately be addictive.

[@nowyouseeme3402]

Good point.

[@mikaeladoyle8372]

This is the most important thing being by anyone right now.

[@sandrap4188]

I saw the winds of change over 10 years ago. The people I worked around who were heavily involved in social media were becoming politically angry & gullible. No matter what age group. FOX & Game of Thrones just made the anger mainstream & acceptable.

[@joexavier4070]

Cnn and other liberal media also no better

[@gemsbyjackie5479]

Sandra you cannot just blame Fox without putting blame on all the other big media orgs. MSNBC is disgusting lately. Not sure how long they have been like that but I'm willing to bet all big names have been stirring the pot for years. Fox, CNN MSNBC NBC are the absolute worst.

[@MrAndrewCreech]

So you hate liberals. Do you know what the definition is? Let me help: relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise. Don’t like individual rights? Shut up and put your mask on. Don’t like civil liberties? Shut up Christian, your fairy tale beliefs disqualify you. Don’t like democracy? Bow to your master. Don’t like Free enterprise? Shut up and eat your government gruel. We are a liberal country. Embrace it.

[@MelissaMagyar]

60 minutes, independent media calling Trump a traitor is not being angry, its stating a fact.

[@jumpedscarab9444]

How can they do "both sides" on this??? One side wants to overthrow our democratic system, the other side wants healthcare for all 🤦‍♂️

[@catherinekasmer9905]

They must be owned by a big corporation or a right wing billionaire!

[@WheresMyInhaler]

You can’t be serious right ? Look at Twitter , the hate and vitriol there is very apparent and clearly represented by one side . Just because it’s coming from YOUR side , doesn’t mean it isn’t hateful or antagonizing speech .

[@jumpedscarab9444]

@@WheresMyInhaler I don't have a Twitter account 😅

[@Alexander-rq9he]

I disconnected from those platforms but YT is also fueling a lot of toxicity.

[@WestCoastCultured]

I don’t need soulless tech bros telling me how to feel

[@rommix0]

Yet you're here

[@blessed7fold]

60 minutes needs to look at its self and it's peers. The media has done more to stoke anger then any social media platform.

[@stevej.7926]

Numbers tell a very different story. 60 minutes is a dwarf compared to social media when it comes to viral sharing. Social media feeds on a “virus” model. That’s what’s so dangerous.

[@brianjohnston6132]

I agree with one thing Facebook's spokesperson said. It's those over 65 getting radicalized the most. Social media has done to Boomers what Boomers said video games would do to us.

[@scott9427]

Most accurate comment about social media I've ever read.

[@AquaeAtrae]

So true. So sad.

[@roliepoliecolie2200]

Agree totally.

[@DurgaDas96]

Im a boomer and don’t use social media (except KZbin).

[@cygnals524]

I am sure that is true & I love that statement but I have seen more people in my age group which is the mid 50's that has been radicalized and most of our parents are the actual boomers. It is probably because I see more people on Facebook in my own age bracket but I am still shocked at how many people I grew up with and even hung out with who have turned into rabid political know it alls. Most of them haven't read a book in decades but believe every dam Meme that they see. They no longer even care for facts as long as they have a list of friends who agree with them and see Memes & pages that say what they want to hear even if it is false info. I was raised in a time period where we were encouraged to be open minded, listen to different viewpoints and I/we never made friends based on viewpoints, especially political viewpoints. Many people from my generation & other ones as well set their friends list up so they mostly only have people that have the same exact political leanings as they do. They have created their own echo chamber so they never have to even see or hear a view that doesn't agree with their own views. They only watch the 24/7 news outlets that agree with their side & only visit and like social media sites that only agree with their views. They then claim it is everyone else who is blinded by propaganda and many love to use terms like "they drank the kool-aid, They are a bunch of sheep, etc... All it takes is a Meme with a false narrative or straight up lie made by anyone & then large groups of people actually believe what the false Meme says and they can't be convinced otherwise even when shown facts that prove it to be 100% wrong. It is so frustrating!! I dislike both parties equally & refuse to pick my friends by their political viewpoints. I no longer discuss politics or social issues on Facebook. I was so burnt out by the whole thing after the 2020 election I didn't even log onto Facebook for over a year. I only comment or reply to posts here on KZbin but only do so occasionally and avoid anything that remotely resembles an argument.

[@DanScottOTH]

Ban TikTok

[@firstlast8258]

Good luck with that

[@NeroLeMorte]

Bring back vine instead.

[@gillespieQMA]

Excellent work 60 Minutes! Thank you for shedding a sane light on this important topic.

[@radar0412]

Remember in 2004 60 minutes II put out a phony story suggesting that GW Bush was a Draft Dodger. Thank goodness CBS got caught Red handed for their Political Polarization Agenda.

[@sim.ulation.l279]

i can attest to controversy in university where I took a course in politics and everyone would warn me not to discuss politics because it is like walking on eggshells.

[@seeyoucu]

This is a great segment. Love listening to Tristan.

[@javianjohnson8746]

I absolutely can believe this. Social media has just exacerbated the access to political content/expression, which directly results in anger, bullying, threats, conspiracies, etc. We don't like to admit it, but social media is an extremely powerful tool that we live with, and there are a bunch of people who misuse it. And 12:15 great point. Social media platforms will HAVE to be held accountable by the courts!

[@breebeal3344]

Excellent interview. YES, we CAN take the toxicity out of social media!

[@jimlongino8420]

Spoken like a freedom of speech hating Democrat.

[@catherinekasmer9905]

Have you ever watched Meidas Touch? They give facts and legal analysis with zero toxicity. This whole story of equivalence between two sides is false. It is a right wing strategy to delegitimize truth and confuse people.

[@CenterforHumaneTechnology]

Thank you all for caring about this critical issue. Learn more about Tristan Harris and @centerforhumanetechnology 's work at www.humanetech.com. 11:43 Everyone is welcome to take our free course, Foundations of Humane Technology www.humanetech.com/course

[@qrobinso]

We are Tribal. The End! Social Media magnifies this.

[@msboncat1959]

I still have Facebook. it has gotten better since Jan 6 about screening Political ads. It is about connecting to family and friends for me. I keep instagram because My nieces and nephews are on there. That site is mostly about pictures. I did deactivate my twitter account. I never used it much anyway. I do think one should monitor how much time is spent on social media. There is life off the internet that should be lived. Especially for kids. There is nothing that can compare to face time (without technology} with family and friends. Humans need social connection that is not sitting behind a keyboard. Time on and off the net should be monitored to balance out one's life. Not just kids I mean everyone.

[@Vmglf]

Same. I feel like Facebook is actually really useful and pleasant. It's all family and friends now, and the rhetoric has vanished. At least for me.

[@UnCannyValley67]

@@Vmglf just because YOU don’t see pt on YOUR feed doesn’t mean its not being seen by millions of other people.

[@Vmglf]

@@UnCannyValley67 key words "at least for me" but thanks anyway

[@sunsetwalker2923]

I wish this was the case for me, extreme political rhetoric from both ends keeps showing on my Facebook feed despite me actively unfollowing pages that share it.

[@ObamAmerican48]

This was an excellent piece.

[@mwood341]

This was an excellent piece. I agree, this might have to be settled in the courts. Why not just ban politics outright on social media platforms? Candidates successfully campaigned for decades before social media, and they will be fine doing so now.

[@radar0412]

We're putting the cart before the Horse. We should Reform our Political system before we take away our 1st amendment rights that allows us to Express ourselves freely on Social Media. Our Political system is geared towards Political polarization. Reform our Political system and the problem goes away.

[@CooperMorrow]

This is true but news orgs, like CBS, are just as much to blame. Do they cover Joe Schmo respectable, cordial Congressperson or do they repeatedly cover Donald and Marjorie?

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

The fact that the Chinese version of tic-toc is so different, makes it obvious that the version sent here is weaponized. I love the opium analogy but wonder how many viewers know the history behind it. Opium was introduced to China by European traders because there were few items from Europe that the Chinese would trade for. Once addicted, demand for more was assured.

[@josephpapke1434]

God, I remember when 60 minutes wasn't a liberal platform for more bias and liberal lies

[@melz2952]

Agreed. Remember the job of the news is to sell news. Social media may have perfected the model, but it didn’t invent it. To be fair, the consumer has been driving this sort of thing since Bible times: “Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.” Proverbs 26:20

[@JusticeAlways]

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[@othellorucker8107]

This scary but yet incredible how the algorithm transcends from just the platform to us humans making the algorithm a living breathing concept which most of all requires our participation. The scary part is our participation is not forced but we’re willingly participating in doing its work. Wow

[@brettsolomon7431]

Vv

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Social media needs to be banned. Just because you can do something does not mean you should. NOTHING good has come from Social Media.

[@jjjooe]

One very misleading thing in this video about TikTok is that ByteDance only designed this "healthy" version for kids in China voluntarily. Last year, the Chinese government issued an updated law on teenage protection that covers online content. As a consequence, social media platforms had to establish protective rules. For example, no teenager can play games for more than two hours or so and only during the weekends or holidays (the exact numbers I forget). Thus, it is not that ByteDance intentionally "poisons" kids in other countries; like all profit-seeking firms, they only stop maximizing their profits while facing harsh regulations.

[@JML6988]

Stopping social media in its tracks isn't the answer. Funny thing about technology is its tendency to outpace human morality & common sense. We're always playing catch-up. But catch-up we will.

[@lila-yw2gn]

The important lesson that people will get from the polarization of America (liberals vs conservative) is that no side is always right. Sometimes, its the conservatives that are right and sometimes, its the liberals. We have to rely on our wise judgements in order to decide what's the right thing to do. The powers that be will always give people something that will divide and destroy them from within but they dont realize that from these challenges is that Americans will become wiser and think more deeply about things. So for the powers that be, keep doing that and the people will emerge to be wiser.

[@elevatelife-nk7896]

I dumped all social media (except KZbin) 8 years ago and don’t miss it at all! I do wish serious communications did not use these platforms for updates-about 2 years ago I had to re-sign up for Twitter just to get wild fire and road condition notifications in my neighborhood as that was the only way to get that info and many neighborhoods use things like Nextdoor or FB to communicate updates. I wish we had better alternatives.

[@dfcannone]

Boys are talking about all these solutions and I'm not once heard that mention the word "BOYCOTT" we all need to start boycotting all this online social bullcrap

[@bipolarbear9917]

There is no far left in the US. There's moderately left like Bernie Sanders who's a social democrat in the style of FDR.

[@firstlast8258]

Bernie is old and all talk no action

[@bipolarbear9917]

@@firstlast8258 Oh, is that right. It just so happens that Bernie is the lone soul in the Senate that has pressured the Democrats to move to the left and introduce legislation that benefits the middle-class and poor. Unlike the Republicans that want to cut social welfare programs and give tax cuts to wealthy billionaires. I guess you like voting against your best interests. That is unless you're a billionaire. I might add that Donald Trump is 76 years old.

[@firstlast8258]

@@bipolarbear9917 Let’s go Bannon

[@wanderlpnw]

So just like corporate owned news TV?

[@suzy8239]

Best Video I've seen this year! Ban social Media

[@dannyshaw4433]

It's mainstream media.

[@SoneBlink]

I don't follow mainstream media, don't have a tv. But i love this channel, i don't always agree with everything here or how is presented, but they sure have very good stories.

[@thediner8929]

Stop giving attention to people like AOC and Marjorie Taylor Green. Both parties gone off the cliff as far as I’m concerned.

[@UncleEbenezer77]

I concur.

[@manueldg5177]

AOC graduated and Marjorie was a prostitute

[@DanielRuiz-oo1ix]

What makes them the same?

[@firstlast8258]

😍

[@jake8286]

They are not the same. We need more like AOC. She fights for the working class.

[@samuelfranklin9112]

I'm glad social media companies are slowly destroying themselves

[@RankinMsP]

Step forward Musk

[@ernestintownandjackintheco1024]

“I never could have been president without Twitter…” -TFG

[@jobsearchtv]

Like this is new information? Zuckerberg said for years his business model was to foster engagement. That's BS for fighting in the feed. That's because the ad space on the sides is limited however when fighting goes on, the feed has additional space for ads.

[@EmronWalker]

I would like to watch the full interview.

[@mbizozo6271]

Crazy what Harvard did. We’ve truly lost the plot.

[@dayhaysuper3639]

Wow

[@dylanhartman6072]

I don’t think his logic is very strong. He did not acknowledge the legitimate societal issues that are driving the anger people feel

[@catherinekasmer9905]

Furthermore Meidas Touch is an excellent journalistic platform giving fact based legal analysis unlike the GOP which is spreading verifiable lies.

[@marycollins1631]

I can appreciate the wise people who are self-contained and self-disciplined by limiting social media time or deleting their accounts altogether. Personally, after the last election, I recommend everyone have "skip-the-news -days". Just think how happy, and fit our nation would be.

[@GodlessReason]

By watching this video, you’ve probably already realized that something isn’t quite right with your social media habits. But don’t be fooled-KZbin is social media too. If you’re spending a lot of time watching videos, especially so-called 'news' on any network, you may still be trapped in the same cycle, just in a different form. You’re not out of the woods yet. In fact, KZbin isn’t much better than other platforms-though TikTok might take the crown as the worst offender.

[@forgofire5583]

It's everywhere not USA only

[@popeyedog]

Great story! I hope this guy Tristan Harris sticks around.

[@SnoopyDoofie]

When a dean gets fired for protecting an accused person, all because someone posts something nasty about him online, you know that social media is beyond hope.

[@mariosanchez-sj9yv]

At work nothing gets done becuase every one Is a social media junkies from Facebook to TIKTOK and Instagram

[@WOOFYT]

As part of the older generation who is on Tik Tok, Instagram & Twitter, I scroll through many contents that I don't agree with. The same goes for KZbin. I as the viewer have the right by choice and not by popular demand to what I watch. Now I am from the generation that was raised watching Cable and music videos. We had and made our choices. I think it's our personal duty to teach and learn with and towards future generations. I personally think this lacking nowadays.

[@rarted]

If you read this, I encourage you to look up conversations between Tristan Harris and Daniel Schmachtenberger.

[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

👍

[@huslr6266]

we are social media, it’s a mirror to our souls…

[@Jabberstax]

Your giving social media far too much credit. Television has done exponentially more damage to the political discourse than Twitter has.

[@stevej.7926]

Not even close.

[@geddoe316]

The number one thing kids want to be today is an influencer? I....wow, i'm pretty heartless in general, but i think for the first in a very long time, i actually feel afraid for this country as a whole.

[@indepublicrat]

Agreed. The influencer culture is scary.

[@JohnnyJPatt]

While I agree there are problems on social media involving politics, it seems to me the real reason 60 minutes is complaining is because mainstream media doesn’t dominate all the political discourse anymore

[@samuelsirota2816]

Currently watching this short video on social media addiction from a social media app

[@krllydwntoro]

Thank you 60 minutes ⏱️⏱️

[@kellyodowd3949]

The best thing that happened to me getting hacked and losing my Facebook account before the presidential election was how much better I felt being unable to witness the drama that escalated. I felt like I went through a withdrawal at first, but it was very helpful breaking the cycle of not having any control of tuning into all the hopeless, paralyzing feelings I focused on. Especially all the worst conspiracy theories and fears of the being victimized by my own irrational thinking patterns. I still had this fear of everyone I loved dieing from covid. 2 weeks later, I was ready to start planning moving from my community, and seeing how many people I live around had also been tuned into the same things and not being able to talk about anything else but politics or covid. Social media divides and conquers and brainwashes definitely on purpose. It helps the politicians have much easier jobs and ability to predict the results by paying for typical advertising and probably having typical algorithms with proven tactics developed. Everyone has typecast themselves by psychological patterns. Recognising this and being aware of how easily it is to be manipulated is the only thing I can see to be less susceptible of being manipulated. But also not being too confident that it there isn't something I don't know.

[@yuelia9937]

Guys, it's time to be extreme moderate.

[@johnshephard222]

I don't agree with this. I have participated in social media for decades and I have had no issues mentally or emotionally. The problem is poor parenting and poor education. Disconnecting from one of the few most honest sources of news in the world like TikTok is a horrible idea. Without TikTok many people in the states would not have known about what was happening locally or even in the world because main stream media fails to cover those stories. Without social media we would not have come to learn about instances where police officers abuse their power. There is simply too much at steak to be blaming the tools. We do not blame the gun for a crime. We blame the wielder. People should be more educated about how to navigate social media in a way that is healthy and educational. Babysitting laws/policies are proof of stagnating development.

[@Jason-hg1pc]

Simple smiles elude psychotic eyes

[@bigmurff]

They're using a psychological method called Classic Conditioning, which was pioneered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov in a 1897 experiment where a dog was trained to salivate everytime a bell rang because it thought it would receive water. The response of the dog was the same whether or not water was given as long as the bell rang. The elite extremist are using the same Classical Conditioning approach to train people to react a certain way everytime they see certain words or images pop up on their phones and tablets. It may get you to react by buying something when exposed to stimulants like target advertising, or make you copy a certain fashion or trending item everytime you see something that's gone viral. But the dark side to this Classical Conditioning is that it gets you to hate the opposition of your own personal and political beliefs everytime you are exposed to a stimulant like a campaign ad or a news headline. So much so that it encourages certain people to elicit an extreme responses like go on an all out mass murdering rampage against people who opposes their personal and/or political beliefs. So by cutting off the access to these stimulants which is essentially the free and unlimited access to the internet and social media platforms, it gives you nothing to elicit the Classical Pavlovian response to. The alternative to cutting off the free access to internet is to have a government oversight agency make sure every content posted online and through social media is non-biased, and free of hateful thinking. In order for that to work, government oversights must be non-political, or not politically biased which is not were hearing is going on even within our own FBI agency, let alone other government agencies out there.

[@jamestaylor3805]

His disengage concept is sounds way too much like "don't feed the trolls" which is the exact mentality that allowed the polarization to get to this point. By not engaging you leave the recruitment mechanism open.

[@citylumberjack9169]

THIS

[@DelfinoGarza77]

Then don't use social media....

[@rgk99]

Great video but I’m not angry because of social media. Social media allows you to counter the lies with facts.

[@DAG_42]

Facts don't cure those who disagree with you

[@Dk-qf8dd]

Twitter is the current platform identified as the “problem child” when FB and others are just as bad or worse.

[@eksbocks9438]

3:46 Especially the people who are more prone to being a bully. Many years ago, people actually had to go through a company or TV Station to publish something. And we usually just socialized with people in our immediate community. But the smartphone changed all of that.

[@topgrain]

I don't want politics on Facebook. Nor do I want to follow the lives of my friends and family like a bloodhound. I think social media is making us sick of each other and the damned "Likes."

[@firstlast8258]

Speak for yourself

[@willzsportscards]

why are we still talking about this like it's something new. pretty damn obvious since 2014-16 ish. let's focus on solutions.

[@melz2952]

Because some people still need to understand this part first.

[@jeannetruitt7176]

Then,bring back children's illustrated encyclopedias