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Do you mind expanding what you mean here? I think you are touching on something but I can't be sure. What would you tell you younger self to do instead?
by passing_by_and 5y ago
Do you mind expanding what you mean here? I think you are touching on something but I can't be sure.
What would you tell you younger self to do instead?
- smoldesu 5y agoThe more you learn about the modern state of technology, the more horrified you become. I studied fields like cryptography and surveillance for a few years, and it's destroyed me. I show every symptom of a paranoid schizophrenic, but there's nothing that could ever treat me. The only way I could have stopped myself from becoming so horrified would be to never learn about it at all. This fear constantly permeates everything I do, everywhere I go and everyone I interact with. These days I border on completely socially dysfunctional, simply because I can't give my phone number to someone without having a mental breakdown. If I could do it all again, I'd learn to love the earth and embrace naturalism. I might have a shot to live a truly fulfilling life, free from the neverending purgatory that we call the internet. But I've breached that contract with God, and my penance for such an affront is being stuck with knowledge I desperately want to forget. It really is true what they say, Ignorance Is Bliss.
- passing_by_and 5y agoI have been thinking about this quite a bit. Thank you for your answer. It is sort of funny that collectively, people whose minds are so good at synthesis and analysis never lifted their heads up to see what we were creating.