Opinion | Trump, Musk and Kanye Are Twitter Poisoned - The New York Times - 0 views
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By Jaron LanierMr. Lanier is a computer scientist and an author of several books on technology’s impact on people.
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I have observed a change, or really a narrowing, in the public behavior of people who use Twitter or other social media a lot.
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When I compare Mr. Musk, Mr. Trump and Ye, I see a convergence of personalities that were once distinct. The garish celebrity playboy, the obsessive engineer and the young artist, as different from one another as they could be, have all veered not in the direction of becoming grumpy old men, but into being bratty little boys in a schoolyard. Maybe we should look at what social media has done to these men.
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