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Podcast: A Ghost in the Machine by Daniel D
Episode: Is Eusocial Media Possible?
Description: In this episode, we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of social media. What are the benefits of online interactions, and how do we keep those benefits, while minimizing the costs?The GoodG.K. Chesterton observed that older technology tends to perform many functions, whereas the new technology that replaces it tends to take only one of those functions and perform it extremely well, while ignoring all the other goods produced by the older tech. An example he gave was the modern light bulb providing better light than a fire, but with...