The Evolution of Senescence of Civilization

I call this the senescence of civilization, because it's actually exactly a mirror for the process that causes a body to seness. Any process that is profitable in the short term has some dire implication for civilization later on. Those processes are so ingrained by the time we discover what the harm looks like in its full form, there's nothing we can do to stop them. Icaieuse two really important current examples: facebook ind social media, and the way they've affected the information commons and the epistemic commons at large.

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