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innovation doesn't always look like a steam engine or a polio vaccine, with immediate and obvious impact on society. sometimes innovation looks like 1000 small
by CptFribble 6y ago
innovation doesn't always look like a steam engine or a polio vaccine, with immediate and obvious impact on society.
sometimes innovation looks like 1000 small improvements that only save us 30 seconds of our day, but once they're all built we suddenly have whole hours freed up that used to be taken up by things like spending an hour on the phone with a travel agent
- throwawaygh 6y agoFor every 30 seconds the average person saves on misc. Tasks, there are whole minutes spent doom scrolling on social media apps.
- bialpio 6y agoSo? If I get to pick how I waste my time, then that time is not really wasted.
- throwawaygh 6y agoSo, I wonder how much social media use is a real choice. A lot of it feels more analogous the sort of false choice people make when they smoke or self-medicate with over-consumption alcohol.