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Is the internet a methamphetamine of the masses?

Is the internet a methamphetamine of the masses?

Update: 2025-10-14
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Is it possible that internet communication, by speeding up and distorting our interactions, is agitating us and deranging us? Is it possible that by putting human interactions “on speed,” the internet amplifies some of the darker aspects of our social psychology? Are we being driven crazy by this technology? If the internet is deranging and dividing us, what are the psychological processes by which it does that?

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Is the internet a methamphetamine of the masses?

Is the internet a methamphetamine of the masses?

Zachary Elwood