The thought of this triggers my anxiety. I’m so glad Lemmy exist, but what if Lemmy didn’t. What would the world look like?

  • 001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    I’ll have to disagree. Technology is a vague term, technology can encompass anything. Technological advancement is what allowed people to live longer, to explore more of the world, to communicate with many people around the world. It’s why we don’t die from some random cut.

    If you mean as in phones, computers, and the internet. Well, you used to have to go to a library and find a book in order to get information, now you can do a simple search on the internet. You can find any food recipes, fix broken things inside your home, find out how human anatomy works without the embarassment of asking a person, find out how… erm… reproduction works, even though school was supppsed to teach that in science class, don’t think some kid is gonna ask the teacher if he didn’t understand something in class about it. You can order food over the phone, and now even via the internet (yes its expensive af, but the option is there). If you didn’t understand something in school, internet to the rescue again. There’s is so many wonderful things about the internet.

    Yes there are downsides, but in my opinion, the benefits are better than the negative consequences.

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      I’ve heard this argument before. I guess I just think I’d be happier if I was more ignorant. I think most people would be too. Does knowing all these things really make our lives better? Sure we live longer, but does that really matter? I’d rather die dumb, young, and happy than smart, old, and miserable.

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        Meh, I love my youtube videos, random movies and tv shows, talking to random strangers online, video games, and various fun things. Better than some newspaper or radios, or worse, before newspapers and radios, people didn’t have anything to do. I mean for extroverts they might talk to people irl, but what is an introvert like me gonna do? Technology is good, tech monopolies/oligopolies are bad.