Discussion

• @louisanslow Louis Anslow on x

  Is it pessimism? It's the moans!

• @tomowenmorgan Tom Morgan on x

  The American government's decision not to regulate social media may stand out as one of the worst decisions in the history of humanity.

• @richardhanania Richard Hanania on x

  @DKThomp You seem to be conflating things in this passage. It's true in the original they say phones are associated with 1) populism in rich countries 2) increasing participation in developing countries. You seem to see these as contrasting results, but increasing participation i…

• @rachaelrad Rachael Horwitz on x

  A lot of parents in my community actually have been comforted by the Smartphone Theory of Everything (especially coming out of COVID) because it's a nice convenient packaged up silver bullet to a better kid. And that's just not true.

• @dkthomp Derek Thompson on x

  New newsletter: THERE'S SOMETHING VERY WEIRD ABOUT PHONES AND AMERICA The most interesting thing about the Smartphone Theory of Everything is that it's really a Smartphone Theory of Everything in America and the English-Speaking World. While phones are everywhere, the problems [i…

• @samuelmxc Sam on x

  Hot take but I think this is mostly the result of America's toxic political discourse infecting the rest of the English-speaking world

• @richarddias_cfa Richard Dias on x

  What's fascinating is the governments at the helm of the decline of the Anglo-sphere are doubling down on many of the policies that were the cause of this malaise.

• @noahpinion Noah Smith on x

  No it's not “the West”. Europeans are still happy with their societies. It's Britain, Canada, and the U.S. (and maybe Australia). The Anglosphere is the Sick Man of the World. [image]

• @barneyflames @barneyflames on x

  Denmark just had an election where the reasonably moderate center-left PM was forced out and the far-right made substantial gains, I think there's very little evidence of this survey actually picking up anything real.