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Do social media platforms make people happier?
LSEHoughton Street
Wed 30 Sept · 18:30 · Free
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Many people use social media for just one reason: other people use social media. If social media use were somehow reduced or even stopped, many people would be better off, and they know that. There is a broad lesson here, which is that human beings buy some goods that they wish did not exist. Join us for this lecture by New York Times bestselling author and Harvard academic Cass R Sunstein.
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