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Nah. Tech transforms us. It accelerates everything and clashes with biological tendencies & modalities (which evolve and adapt over much longer time frames).

Consumerism is of course a huge issue too, and we know why. Fiat money bla bla bla.

But tech has a bigger impact.

People think money printing for example fucked everything up in 1971. Sure. It had an impact.

But you know what had a bigger negative impact on society? The pill. Less than a decade beforehand.

Same in 2010 with the proliferation of the smartphone. And later social media.

Not saying we need to go Amish. But these things have a way bigger impact than simple consumerism (consumerism is an accelerant)

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1w ago 💬 2

the nuᴋe ʜoax was ꜰar more ɪmᴘacᴛꜰuʟ anᴅ ᴘaveᴅ ᴛʜe waʏ ꜰor ᴛʜe wʜoʟe cnᴅ ʜɪᴘᴘʏ ᴘeace sʏmʙoʟ ʙuʟʟsʜɪᴛ. now amerɪca ɪs ʜaʟꜰ waʏ ᴛo unᴅeꜰenᴅeᴅ ᴛo ᴛʜe ᴘoɪnᴛ ᴛʜere ʜas ʙeen a ʜuɢe soꜰᴛ ɪnvasɪon, a massɪve cuʟᴛuraʟ coʟor revoʟuᴛɪon, ᴛʜe ɪnᴛroᴅucᴛɪon oꜰ exᴛremeʟʏ ʜarmꜰuʟ ꜰᴅa, oʙamacare/meᴅɪcare, manᴅaᴛorʏ ɪnsurance ꜰor everʏᴛʜɪnɢ. anᴅ ɢoɪnɢ ꜰurᴛʜer ʙacᴋ, ᴛʜe ᴘroʜɪʙɪᴛɪon oꜰ cannaʙɪs massɪveʟʏ ᴅɪmɪnɪsʜeᴅ amerɪcan aɢro/ɪnᴅusᴛrɪaʟ caᴘacɪᴛʏ, anᴅ ᴛʜe ʟɪsᴛ ɪs ʙasɪcaʟʟʏ enᴅʟess.

ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀꜱᴋ ᴍᴇ, ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴄʜ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ, ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴇʀᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ ɪᴛ.

ɪɴᴄᴜʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴠ/ᴍꜱᴍ ʙʀᴀɪɴᴡᴀꜱʜᴇᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏꜱɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴛᴇʟʟɪɢᴇɴᴄᴇ ɴᴇᴜᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ (ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ ɪ ꜰᴏʀɢᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ) ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏx ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴜꜱᴇꜰᴜʟ ꜰᴏʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴜᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀʙᴏᴛᴀɢᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴡɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛꜱ.

ɴᴀʀʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ɪꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴇᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ: ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛᴇʟʟɪɴɢ.

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Svetski 1w ago

Storytelling remains king. Yes.

But you need to remember that 90% of people are not main characters. They’re extras in someone else’s movies.

They don’t tell their own stories. They play a part in others.

Therefore, there is no “saving them”

What technology does is give them extra powers to be useless with.

It elevates them & accelerates everything.

Those of us who are main characters AND can intentionally USE technology (as opposed to it using us) have an advantage (as we always have) but there’s no denying that the quantum of noise is higher than it’s ever been and this makes the tide harder to resist

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1w ago

People who don't write their own story are boring anyway. I don't feel like I'm hearing your original story here, either.