Social Media and Suicide Risk
The Most Serious Question of the Digital Age By SocialMediaPlague.org Introduction: A Conversation Society Can No Longer Avoid There are many criticisms of social media. It distracts people. It fragments attention. It encourages comparison. It fuels outrage. It weakens relationships. It erodes attention spans. It replaces presence with performance. These harms matter. But none of […]
THE SOCIALMEDIAPLAGUE MANIFESTO
Human attention is under attack. We are here to reclaim it. Our Core Belief Social media is fundamentally harmful to human flourishing. We Believe We believe human attention is among the most valuable resources on earth. We believe attention belongs to individuals— not algorithms, corporations, or machines engineered to exploit it. We believe the business […]
Why Ban Children Under 18 From Social Media?
The Case for Protecting the Most Vulnerable Generation in Human History By SocialMediaPlague.org Introduction: A Question That No Longer Sounds Extreme A decade ago, the idea of banning children from social media would have sounded radical. Extreme. Alarmist. Unrealistic. Today, it sounds increasingly reasonable. Around the world, governments, parents, teachers, psychologists, pediatricians, public health officials, […]
The Death of Attention: How Social Media Is Rewiring the Human Brain and Reshaping Society
By SocialMediaPlague.org Introduction: The Most Valuable Resource on Earth Gold has value. Oil has value. Land has value. But there is another resource that may be even more valuable than all of them combined. Human attention. Every meaningful achievement in human history has required it. Building a business requires attention. Raising a family requires attention. […]
The Plague of Our Time: How Social Media Became One of the Most Addictive Products in Human History
Part 1: The Invisible Epidemic Introduction: The New Contagion Every generation faces challenges unique to its era. Previous generations confronted world wars, infectious disease, economic collapse, environmental pollution, and geopolitical conflict. The threats were visible. They could be seen, measured, and often physically experienced. Our generation faces a different challenge. It lives in our pockets. […]