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While this article touches on eyesight, it seems like it's quite a myopic view of the issue (see what I did there? ;) But seriously, we spend over half of our
by KerryJones 6y ago
While this article touches on eyesight, it seems like it's quite a myopic view of the issue (see what I did there? ;)
But seriously, we spend over half of our "healthy years" staring at a screen? This should be begging deep philosophical questions
- How do you want to spend your life?
- When you look back at your life, how do you want to have used your time?
- What is important to you?
Some questions I struggled with when I went on a sabbatical was "what makes me feel alive, really alive?"
Ironically, my answer for many months was,
"I don't know, but it's not staring at a screen."
Many other people's answered things like "rock climbing", "sky diving", "going dancing", and I think those are pretty decent answers, but mine settled on "anything that makes me grow".
I also thoroughly spending time with other people in real human-to-human interaction. This feels like a huge slap-in-the-face wakeup call.
- Arbalest 6y agoA big component is surely from work. In which case, how does the philosophy extend to take into account the fact that people are in offices working?
- sexy_seedbox 6y agoWe'll all be healthier after Capitalism collapses.
- KerryJones 6y agoYeah, I think this is an important question. I think some of it will be inevitable, but I don't think we focus much on "decreasing screen time"... when so many companies (facebook, google, et al) get money from people spending more time on screens (advertising). There's no incentive for corporations to spend less time looking at screens. The few companies that do promote that -- such as REI... are outdoor companies. Which could lead you to a really pessimistic thought that even the co-op companies are really just profit motivated (I don't believe this, but there is the correlation)