😕 How the world is restricting access to social media
Just a few years ago, only one country wanted to ban social media for children. Today, more than 20 states are already introducing or discussing such measures.
Australia has banned social media for users under 16. The UK, France, Spain, Turkey and other countries are heading in the same direction.
The main argument — protecting children. Endless feeds, autoplay and push notifications are increasingly recognized as mechanisms that cause addiction.
But another question arises: how do you verify a user's age? Without identifying the person, it's impossible.
That's exactly why, alongside age restrictions, there's a growing trend toward mandatory user verification. If it holds, online anonymity will gradually become the exception rather than the rule.
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Every dictatorship is obsessed with one thing — control.
In ancient Rome, people were given bread and circuses — distracted with entertainment. Other dictatorships use other strategies to control ideas and knowledge.
How do they do it?
Poor education, restrictions on culture, censorship of information, censorship of any form of personal self-expression. And this is worth remembering. This pattern always repeats itself throughout history.
It's night, and I'm prepping with the team for an AMA for our bStocks partners. We'll be tackling questions about the new Binance products related to TradFi. And since it's late, I want to muse with you about something…
Whatever your relationship with money looks like, money isn't about luxury or greed. First and foremost, money is safety — and the sense of safety is a basic need of the nervous system.
When that need is met, the brain gets the chance to think crystal clear — to create, build, expand, and come up with something new. When the nervous system is under constant stress, the brain simply can't function properly. Cortisol blocks clarity of thought, creativity, and the ability to see opportunities.
Money doesn't make you happy, but the lack of it makes everything else unbearable. That's exactly why it's so hard for people sitting on different tiers of Maslow's pyramid to interact with one another.
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