Facebook just became the ultimate dystopia
Mark Zuckerberg
When constructing a dystopia  it takes some doing to be both Orwellian and Huxleyan at the same time. But with the changes he just announced to the Facebook News Feed   Mark Zuckerberg  seems to have managed this extraordinary feat.
In his ongoing effort to "improve" Facebook   Zuckerberg  is now trying both tactics.  He 's reducing your access to real news â in the 20th century  we used to call that censorship â while increasing the likelihood that you'll only see the outrageous fake news posted by your crazy uncle. Because hey  content posted by family makes you happy  and we only want you to be happy  right?
The Facebook that  Zuckerberg  now seems to be envisioning will do the same. People present their best selves on the service; they post carefully curated photos of their "perfect" vacations. And now they will be able to do so without any of that nasty news intruding!
"The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about  it can be good for our well-being  " Zuckerberg  wrote.  He  forgot to mention the research that shows Facebook actually makes you more depressed when you're looking at other people's vacation snaps or pictures of their perfect babies.
Now  Zuckerberg  wants us to stay in that mental state without the horrid intrusion of "passive experience" â  his  words for what happens when you're reading or watching anything that makes you sit and think  rather than mindlessly typing "congratulations!"
The worst of it is   Zuck  thinks  he 's being noble.  He  literally thinks  he 's "doing the right thing."  He  wants  his  infant children to look back one day and say that Facebook saved the world.
When constructing a dystopia  it takes some doing to be both Orwellian and Huxleyan at the same time. But with the changes he just announced to the Facebook News Feed    [TGT] seems to have managed this extraordinary feat.
In his ongoing effort to "improve" Facebook    [TGT] is now trying both tactics.   [TGT]  's reducing your access to real news â in the 20th century  we used to call that censorship â while increasing the likelihood that you'll only see the outrageous fake news posted by your crazy uncle. Because hey  content posted by family makes you happy  and we only want you to be happy  right?
The Facebook that   [TGT] now seems to be envisioning will do the same. People present their best selves on the service; they post carefully curated photos of their "perfect" vacations. And now they will be able to do so without any of that nasty news intruding!
"The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about  it can be good for our well-being  "  [TGT] wrote.   [TGT]   forgot to mention the research that shows Facebook actually makes you more depressed when you're looking at other people's vacation snaps or pictures of their perfect babies.
Now   [TGT] wants us to stay in that mental state without the horrid intrusion of "passive experience" â   [TGT]   words for what happens when you're reading or watching anything that makes you sit and think  rather than mindlessly typing "congratulations!"
The worst of it is   Zuck  thinks  he 's being noble.  He  literally thinks  he 's "doing the right thing."  He  wants  his  infant children to look back one day and say that Facebook saved the world.