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Social media has tones of ills: it's manipulative, it's addicitive, it's constantly providing dopamine, it's constantly monitoring your behaviour, it's predatory, it's monolithic/prolific. Personally, I do not think there is a fix for social media, as is, the human Diaspora already has conceptualized what social media ought to be and provide, long gone are the days of forums. As a brief ancedote, I used to use/browse forums when I was younger and it's a much different automsphere from what social media is nowadays, the obligation to share you every moment, every accomplishment, and in turn view and formulate an opinion on everyone else's accomplishments, opinions and experiences. Forums served as a place for people who had an interest to share about their interest/meet people who also shared this interest; a place to discuss and develop and interest, not dissimlar from a friend group of 'x' hobby.(hobbiest group) In order for social media to obtain this 'pure' form of discussion again I believe compartmentalization would need to take place, difussing these large social media groups that house everything into smaller constituates. Because everyone has access to everything all in one place, and can see everything it formed this culture of needed to be informed about everything and have a response on everything, creating a constant feedback loop where your constantly checking socials, allowing companies and algorithims more data and more of your time/attention to fixate you towards whatever their agenda may be.

I do not find Jaron's argument unconvincing persay, I simply think it is a problem not directly relegated towards social media or even the internet as a whole. It's a wider problem with American culture, and the current globalized society. I do not believe completely getting rid of the internet solves the problems he stated, essentially. I do believe his idea of making 'public' spaces in the internet is a good idea. Part of the issue is allowing companies such large sway/positions in political matters in the first place. I do not neccesarily think algorithims and such 'monitoring' everything you do is such a massive problem, the use of that data is more the issue, some regulation around such could address some of these issues.