"I am open minded about i'm intrigued by the idea of things miht do. There's a bill currently going through ment called the on line safety bill," he says. "This bill is going to, am, impose a really significant duty of care on social media companies arm when it comes to things on their platforms that create psychological or physical harm." He also thinks there are meaningful intervent s that can be made that could have a material impact on how deleterious they currently are.
Author and economist Noreena Hertz of University College London talks about her book, The Lonely Century, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hertz blames social media and the individualist, pro-capitalism worldviews of leaders like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan for the rise in loneliness in the developed world. Russ suggests some alternative causes. The result is a lively conversation about understanding and explaining social trends.