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Kind of weird

Traveler

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but somewhat accurate and eerie portrayal of society.

https://youtu.be/tdz4DvDG_gg

Wanted to share this comment.

It seems to me that smart phones and social media have greatly magnified human faults like narcissism, being self centered, lack of empathy for the suffering of others, insatiable need for attention, etc. into a far more widespread problem than they have ever been throughout human history. Technology has effectively replaced genuine human consciousness and compassion with an unquenchable thirst for instant gratification and perpetual “entertainment”.

In short order, a whole generation (and more on the way) has become a soulless mass of “humanity” that more and more lacks the very basis of actually being what used to be defined as being being a sentient and caring human being. People have traded their souls for the shallow, unsatisfying pursuit of fleetingly occupying their minds with meaningless garbage that is constantly supplied by today’s technology.

This drives the short attention spans, absence of coherent thought processes and severe lack of self awareness that characterizes so many “millennials” today, especially those on the political left. They’ve unwittingly allowed themselves to become the useful idiots that Stalin could only dream of
 

cow pollinater

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It think it depends on how you use it. My boy is thirteen and currently making plans to build his own airplane. He spends quite a bit of time looking at his phone but it's brain candy to him and he avoids most of the mundane crud.
My wife and I(mostly her) spent a couple of months directing hay convoys from all over the US to wildfire stricken areas. There were a few times I wanted to knock her phone out of her hands while we were eating as a family but I knew her intentions were good and the outcome was more important than us getting to visit a little.
I guess I'd have to say that technology isn't the problem so much as leading a life that is so miserable that someone feels the need to be distracted from it is. If it furthers a healthy mind then it's a blessing. If it's a distraction from living up to potential then it's a sin.
 
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