Would you be better off without Facebook? Would society benefit, too?
A team of economists, led by Hunt Allcott of New York University, has just produced the most impressive research to date on these questions.
In general, the researchers' findings are not good news for Facebook and its users. Getting off the platform appears to increase people's well-being — and significantly decrease political polarization.
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