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Anon hates smartphones (sh.itjust.works)
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I think that having the convenience of an easy-to-use, always-online device in your pocket at all times is inherently addicive. The profit motive just compounds this issue on purpose to extract wealth, but it is more of a symptom of a larger issue.

Humans, nor any other animal on this planet have ever existed in an era that they can be always connected to everyone in their species at all times; even having that ability at all is revolutionary and unprecidented.

It used to be that the only people you talk to would be people in your local area, but now a significant portion of the percentage of people that an average person is likely to encounter on a daily basis is via means where their real character is hidden behind a carefully curated mask.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Whales kind of have their own internet.

[-] retrolasered@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago
[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Waterworld Wide Web

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So do trees and fungus in symbiosis.

this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2024
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