What Are People Still Doing on X?

[PJMcK]

7. Because people EN MASSE are stupid

Social media is a cancer on civilized society. In all its forms-- X, FaceBook, InstaGram, etc.-- it fosters a ton of self-perpetuating bubbles of commonality that goes against the grain of logic and reality.

For example, YouTube now features mini videos of AI generated stories that have no basis in reality. I saw one the other day about a "woman" programmer who beat out her boss by retaining ownership of her software. Her "boss's" name was that of an Australian tennis player and there was no evidence on Google of Duck Duck Go that the person in the story even exists. Yet the video had a ridiculous number of comments saluting the so-called heroine of the clip.

People are fundamentally stupid. Perhaps that explains Benjaimin Franklin's quip. Following the Constitutional Convention, he was asked what kind of government we would have. He replied, "A Democratic Republic if we can keep it."

I guess he was correct.