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b"It\\u2019s worse than that.You are that which produces the product.\\n\\nWe start with some thoughts from Glenn Reynolds on the possible need for social media regulation:\\n\\nSocial media firms want us addicted to approval. So much for WiFi making us smarter.\\n\\ngoo.gl/KJiDgt\\n\\nGlenn shares an enlightening tweet from The Stoic Emperor goo.gl/YLZMkL:\\n\\nAlmost all Americans own a smartphone or a computer.\\n\\nEach device contains the library of Alexandria.\\xa0\\n\\nThe sum total of all world knowledge.\\xa0\\n\\nYou can learn anything. Why don't you?\\n\\nToo busy tracking social status.\\xa0\\n\\nToo enthralled by imagery your evolution can't resist.\\n\\nThen there\\u2019s this piece, also recommended by Glenn:\\n\\nYou are not friends with Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. You are their product.\\n\\ngoo.gl/SrRKKp\\n\\n-- We conveniently forgot or ignored the fact that WE are the product Facebook sells. We are not Facebook\\u2019s customers. We don\\u2019t pay to use it. We give Facebook tons of data every time we sign on or post or \\u2018like\\u2019 something, and they make boatloads of money off us. They sell our information to advertisers. The small price we thought we were paying was seeing an annoying ad for a dress bought on StyleWe or shoes from Nordstroms follow us around for a few months. --\\n\\nNo exactly. We aren\\u2019t really the product. It\\u2019s worse. We are more like the livestock.\\n\\nStill, there may be hope in the face of all this angst. And it may come from a pretty unexpected source.\\n\\nWT 425-738\\n\\nEternity Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License | creativecommons.org/licenses"