To me that's a cost that will always be borne as a society— chaos in the public square, unproductive political discourse, broken families, acts by extremists, etc.
But do social media companies ever really pay for the externality that is "info sewage accumulating in people's heads"? To me that's a cost that will always be borne as a society— chaos in the public square, unproductive political discourse, broken families, acts by extremists, etc.