In 2013, gay marriage had just been legalized in many states and it was about to be made the law of the land. In 2014, progressives should have been saying, yay, America, we won. But instead, what happened was everyone got online into our platforms that make you argue and, and fill you with anger and hate and offense. The government has to raise the age for so for internet adulthood to 16 and enforce it. We've got to create spaces of trust and there are all kinds of ways to do that with authentication. And then beyond that, I'm hopeful that we'll get platforms that will take everyone away from Twitter, Instagram and put them in healthier environment.
Kara and Scott dissect what the FTX meltdown means for cryptocurrency, Meta's layoffs, and how the midterms might impact big tech. Friend of Pivot Jonathan Haidt stops by to talk about the impacts of social media on teens and society. And hours after our regular taping, we dragged Scott out of a fancy London bar to record an updated reaction to the latest Twitter news: Elon Musk was warning of a possible Twitter bankruptcy, while top executives were jumping ship.
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