I too, am that person, real not hypothetical. I use a dumb phone, ride a bicycle, use music cds. I refuse to use smart anything, even though my work goes into

I too, am that person, real not hypothetical. I use a dumb phone, ride a bicycle, use music cds. I refuse to use smart anything, even though my work goes into many of the smartphones and other devices. >> laws will be passed, corporations will be pressured by social media campaigns, and the state of the world will remain "mostly acceptable" just like today. Why the endemic pessimism? It is because of the pervasive lack of agency. Increasingly, I am getting tracked/registered/surveilled for everything. And if I don't comply, I am an outlier. If you would compare "mostly acceptable" from a few decades ago to today I think there would be many differences. Just because things are normalized doesn't mean they should be acceptable. I have come to the realization that it is pointless to depend on companies bent on exploiting you, to build devices that you want. You have to do it yourself and we have that capability now.