The problematic impact of social media runs very deep. It´s not simply driving us into isolated digital bubbles that crowd out richer in-person interactions. It is also making the world feel more hostile, less empathetic and less kind. And this is taking a significant toll on our collective wellbeing.
For whilst social media platforms do enable us to share moments of happiness, their design has also made them conducive to some of the worst elements of human nature: abuse, bullying, racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia. All such behaviours are on the rise and there´s no sign that any of this is slowing down anytime soon.
