 NBA MVP Joel Embiid is arguably the best basketball player on the planet, and for that, some of the credit goes to YouTube. Embiid says that he relied on, in his words, internet videos of regular white people shooting three-pointers to understand the mechanics of hitting a long-distance shot. It worked out pretty well for him. On top of being a big guy who can dominate near the rim, Embiid has a career three-point shooting percentage that's better than Michael Jordan's. Maybe you or I won't become a professional basketball player by watching YouTube, but we might learn how to fix a car or repair a toilet. When politicians call for regulating social media and other online platforms, they risk throwing out a lot of the good with the bad, often in the name of protecting children. They ought to consider the other side of that equation, too. Being exposed to unfamiliar ideas can sometimes be scary, but like it was for 16-year-old Joel Embiid as he tried to refine his untapped athletic potential, it can also be game-changing.