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An admiral effort at dissecting a complex problem. I wonder if the following is a possibility: a new social media platform whose algorithms are heavily informed by humane values. Uncivil and unhealthy behavior in various forms would be blocked. Freedom and self-expression would take a back seat here, not to conformity, but to simple decency. Why not? Why should tech nerds, corporate profiteers and the pathological rule this medium? Tweaks to the existing formats suggested by the authors and J. Haidt would help. But what we ultimately need is a regenerate culture with its own institutions.

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