How Facebook and Meta Are Ripping Our Culture to Shreds – And Why Adults Are Letting It Happen

Once upon a time, social media promised us a better world: connections across distances, friendships rekindled, and communities built. Instead, what we’ve gotten is an algorithm-fueled hellscape of rage, isolation, and performative happiness (Lanier, 2018).

And let’s be crystal clear: this isn’t just happening to teens. Adults—you, me, all of us—are neck-deep in this mess.

It’s not enough to know this anymore. It’s time to get angry. It’s time to get loud. And yes, it’s time to admit we’ve become complicit in our own misery.