Philosopher’s thumbs-down to social media ‘likes’ gets award thumbs-up from Royal Institute
12 May 2021̽»¨Ö±²¥Royal Institute of Philosophy has awarded (jointly) its 2021 essay prize to a ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge researcher for the first philosophical analysis of ‘liking’ on social media. ̽»¨Ö±²¥essay, which focuses on Facebook, warns that ‘likes’ encourage communicative laziness while ‘like tallies’ fuel fake news, ‘gamify sociality’ and play to our psychological weaknesses.
