How social media ruins your view of the world

Do you feel like things are becoming worse around the world? Or that there are more people with extremist views? Or that societies across the world are becoming more and more divided? Well none of these perspectives are an accurate representation of the world. Actually, things are improving globally, it is just that your way of consuming information has some major flaws.

The biggest reason why you might feel this way is due to the fact that social media incentives extremist ideas and negative news. This is because most social media and news for that fact make money by grabbing your attention. As well as selling your data to the highest bidder. All of which creates a cycle of negative and extremist content, all aimed at keeping you scrolling and having large emotional reactions to what you are consuming.