Many people are wondering how we arrived here, in this very polarized political moment. One enormous factor is social media (ironic that I am writing this as a blog post and providing a URL), which is disrupting our health, education, society, elections, economy, and generational legacy. The Center for Human Technology has developed the Ledger of Harms, a collection of facts curated from peer-reviewed scientific literature and fact-based journalism which illustrate how the race to capture and monetize human attention has amplified systemic oppressions and caused developmental delays and suicides and has negatively effected:

• the ability to make sense of the world

• attention and cognition

• physical and mental health

• social relationships

• politics and elections

To understand more, watch The Social Dilemma.