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You make this sound like a boring dystopia, but everything you say about our society is also the case for 1955, only more so. They didn't have adblockers or spo

You make this sound like a boring dystopia, but everything you say about our society is also the case for 1955, only more so. They didn't have adblockers or sponsor block. They didn't have audiobooks (probably available from your local library to) or anything but radio when driving. They had significantly fewer choices and had to endure radio with ads playing whatever they were told to play. Meanwhile the population today is the least bound to the couch it has been in half a century (modulo a pandemic). And, shocking to some, most people are not an empty shell inside, although they have desires and things they want. Don't complain about ads the next time you stand in line and whip out Instagram rather than an ebook.

luffapi 5y ago
> You make this sound like a boring dystopia > Don't complain about ads the next time you stand in line and whip out Instagram rather than an ebook. I can think of nothing more boring or dystopian than Instagram. > And, shocking to some, most people are not an empty shell inside, although they have desires and things they want. Happiness levels in the US are at an all time low: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/the-sad-state-of-happiness-in-the-united-states-and-the-role-of-digital-media/ https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/the-sad-state-of-happi...