I’m sure you’re joking, but actually I’m reading a very interesting book about this topic called “The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity.”
It’s really concerned with freedom, and disputes the idea that the lack thereof is inherently tied to agriculture.
Listen here, Kerber Werber. I need you hold still so I can use you as a basketball okay? Relax, I’m not gonna dribble you; rules are for other people so obviously I’m gonna travel.
Totally gonna slam dunk you though.
A few weeks ago, my parents complained that the laptop kept going to a “screensaver” while they were trying to work on it.
So I changed the screensaver setting from like 3 minutes to 15 minutes… but it kept happening. I knew something was up when they said “well it wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have to reopen the Internet every time.”
Guys… it was a touchscreen laptop. They were grabbing it by the corner and closing out the window. 😆 And one of these people showed me how to make a website in HTML when I was younger…
Are we all doomed to be daft in our old age?
It might be a reference to the Ferengi, from Star Trek. They say “human” in a weird way to demonstrate their mild contempt.
I think there are much more substantial reasons at play here than just “not liking it,” and I think you knew that before you posted. :P
Social media is a double edged sword. It connects but also isolates… informs but also decieves. Entertains, but also cripples.
It’s crazy to think that things were so different even just 15 years ago. Maybe one day we can once again have a wholly positive relationship with this technology. But first, I think, we have to break the addiction.
In other words, I think this is a good start.
Worth noting by the way that instagram is owned by Meta - the very company the post is calling out.