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i think you and i both share an optimism about the power of human connection. But that's also what just terrifies me about the environment that social media has created for our minds and behavior. We don't see enough, but people are good. Every one, to a large extent, loves children. And no one wants to see their neighbors drowning in solution or having their house burnt down. Its kind of like a modern form of the agricultural revolution. It's transforming the way we engage with each other - even if it's five per cent accurate. How do we make sure this type of content is not saturated by this generation? Based on the different offices based on the silican valley survivors

The sound of bullies on social media can be deafening, but what about their victims? “They're just sitting there being pummeled and pummeled and pummeled,” says Fadi Quran. As the campaign director of Avaaz, a platform for 62 million activists worldwide, Fadi and his team go to great lengths to figure out exactly how social media is being weaponized against vulnerable communities, including those who have no voice online at all. “They can't report it. They’re not online.” Fadi says. “They can't even have a conversation about it.” But by bringing these voices of survivors to Silicon Valley, Fadi says, tech companies can not just hear the lethal consequences of algorithmic abuse, they can start hacking away at a system that Fadi argues was “designed for bullies.”