Creator of Facebook "Like" button warns of smartphone dystopia.

brianlux
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No surprises here.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Breaking news lol. But yeah people don't actually want to think alone or explore the deep layers of the mind nowadays. That'd be some crazy shit. Much better and easier to have someone or something else define reality and think for you. There's no risk in that. Put a screen in front of my face and lets call it a day. Wouldn't want people getting too far outta line.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,835
    brianlux said:
    No surprises here.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,861
    SmallestOceans said:
    Breaking news lol. But yeah people don't actually want to think alone or explore the deep layers of the mind nowadays. That'd be some crazy shit. Much better and easier to have someone or something else define reality and think for you. There's no risk in that. Put a screen in front of my face and lets call it a day. Wouldn't want people getting too far outta line.
    Exactly!

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    eeriepadave said:
    brianlux said:
    No surprises here.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

    Image result for facebook like
    Haha!

    Let's double it-- :plus_one:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,315
    Humanity is devolving.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I'm not sure what other outcome is expected when much of the news is "such and such went viral"...or got this many likes, or was re-tweeted a shitload of times.

    Reinforce - ie, inflate - the ego and increase the bubble.

    I can't wait to see how self-driving cars play into this.

    Might need to blast Think for Yourself on the way to work later.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,311
    hedonist said:
    I'm not sure what other outcome is expected when much of the news is "such and such went viral"...or got this many likes, or was re-tweeted a shitload of times.

    Reinforce - ie, inflate - the ego and increase the bubble.

    I can't wait to see how self-driving cars play into this.

    Might need to blast Think for Yourself on the way to work later.
    I'm down with the self driving car thing.  My insurance rates would HAVE to go down.  
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    hedonist said:
    I'm not sure what other outcome is expected when much of the news is "such and such went viral"...or got this many likes, or was re-tweeted a shitload of times.

    Reinforce - ie, inflate - the ego and increase the bubble.

    I can't wait to see how self-driving cars play into this.

    Might need to blast Think for Yourself on the way to work later.
    Exactly!
    https://youtu.be/eH6mKLqe4Yc

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    SmallestOceans said:
    hedonist said:
    I'm not sure what other outcome is expected when much of the news is "such and such went viral"...or got this many likes, or was re-tweeted a shitload of times.

    Reinforce - ie, inflate - the ego and increase the bubble.

    I can't wait to see how self-driving cars play into this.

    Might need to blast Think for Yourself on the way to work later.
    Exactly!
    https://youtu.be/eH6mKLqe4Yc

    Ha!  I was thinking of the Beatles initially, and then that pried-open eye.

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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,131
    It's an important point, raised before by "South Park" (Facebook episode, internet outage  episode), Andrew Sullivan, and others.

    I quit Facebook last November. I was tired of the echo chamber nature of  things, pressure to agree with everyone, and a disappointing lack of critical thinking on the part of many very well-educated people in my feed.

    My baseline stress level dropped as a result of this decision; my quality of life improved and so did my self-confidence.
    Now, reading news has filled that void to a large extent, and most of the stress has returned, too. I feel conflicted: I am tired of being perpetually stressed and angry about things, but I feel guilty about tuning out the chaos and going about my day. So I need to re-set my behaviors and establish limits for how much time I spend following news stories, no matter how many push notifications I get from WaPo and the Guardian. I've also found that traveling to an area with poor cell signal or no wifi forces me to detox, and again I see my stress levels dropping. On the other hand, while I often leave my phone behind when I go to the beach because there's little signal and it's a PITA to carry it with me while I'm running, on the few occasions when I have encountered trouble I have really wished that I had my phone with me. So there is a trade-off.

    I try to remind myself that smartphones and the internet are very useful tools, but it's important to make sure that I am using those tools to improve or enhance my life, and that I am not the tool being used by the technology.  
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,861
    curmudgeoness said:
    It's an important point, raised before by "South Park" (Facebook episode, internet outage  episode), Andrew Sullivan, and others.

    I quit Facebook last November. I was tired of the echo chamber nature of  things, pressure to agree with everyone, and a disappointing lack of critical thinking on the part of many very well-educated people in my feed.

    My baseline stress level dropped as a result of this decision; my quality of life improved and so did my self-confidence.
    Now, reading news has filled that void to a large extent, and most of the stress has returned, too. I feel conflicted: I am tired of being perpetually stressed and angry about things, but I feel guilty about tuning out the chaos and going about my day. So I need to re-set my behaviors and establish limits for how much time I spend following news stories, no matter how many push notifications I get from WaPo and the Guardian. I've also found that traveling to an area with poor cell signal or no wifi forces me to detox, and again I see my stress levels dropping. On the other hand, while I often leave my phone behind when I go to the beach because there's little signal and it's a PITA to carry it with me while I'm running, on the few occasions when I have encountered trouble I have really wished that I had my phone with me. So there is a trade-off.

    I try to remind myself that smartphones and the internet are very useful tools, but it's important to make sure that I am using those tools to improve or enhance my life, and that I am not the tool being used by the technology.  
    Yeah, FB definitely is best kept low or off the radar.  I check in to see what folks are up to but not much else any more.

    And I hear you about trying to find that right balance of being aware of/concerned about/ wanting-trying to do something to help and at the same time trying not to be consumed by the chaos and confusion.  I tried to turn the world off today by going out to catch some fall colors but the hell-hounds kept nipping at the edge of my thoughts anyway.  It's hard. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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