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Thank you for this essay.

I really apreciate your way of starting it with the limitations, which enables us to see the intention behind and the objectivity within.

I really agreee to your points and have some additional remarks from my point of view.

"Transparent algorithms"

There has to be an option to switch them on and off.

These algorithms are sometimes really helpful to be able to take a sip out of a fire man's hose of water. And sometimes they really spoil us with mental trash. Only knowing, how they work is interesting for people who can write programs and APPs, but even then it is difficult to see, what the effect is. When you switch it off and compare to the enabled state you really see the bubble and filter, you are automatically trapped in.

"... responsibility to future generations."

Actually this is THIS generation NOW living, which we all have to protect. As soon as possible!

In this very moment the content of the internet and all social media is shifting. From a complete human made content in the range of scientific studies on one side and weird theories (political and scientific) with more resemblance to superstition and religios extremists on the other side, now to additional non-human content of AIs, which is sometimes even for specialists hard to decover. And has no rules yet (except making money for their creators)

To prepare our children there are drastical restrictions to implement as a private person. Children without enough knowledge to understand what is happening have to be kept out.

And against each argument about "But the others ..." I simply say, this is suspected to be more harmful as all synthetic drugs. It is not a good idea to wait untill scientific studies are made in 20 years to tell us what long term damages are caused.

"As history has proven, such transformation is possible."

Yes, absolutely. Some of the younger people will not remember or even don't even know. At a time last century the ozone layer was thinned out far beyond the natural fluctuations. The "ozone hole" was threatening the sanity. Within few months the cause (some flourene used in refrigerators) was found and strictly forbidden. And there were no prognosed shortages of refrigerators or anything else, named as obstacle to do this very fast. Nowadays the ozone layer are almost back to their normal state.

I will add another item to the necessary steps we have to take.

There must be a reliable classification for content. Just as we (in Europe) have for electric equipment and food, we need a simple badget to sign content. As an example

scientific prooven content

normal content / opinion

original content

fandom

influencer

advertizing

highly suspected wrong

prooven wrong

political content

AI content

not rated yet

And of course the ability for parents, to simply filter the content for their children, depending on their age and abilities to understand which is which.

Which will ensure "subjective opinions" and silence the "censorship" argument.

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