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It's the Internet. I hold it as humanity's greatest invention. The amount of effort from all the different entities over the decades it took for it to coalesce
by JohnWhigham 5y ago
It's the Internet. I hold it as humanity's greatest invention. The amount of effort from all the different entities over the decades it took for it to coalesce into what it is is nothing short of extraordinary, awesome (in the original sense of the word). Civilization-changing in the span of only several years.
However as each year goes by, I think its negatives are fast outweighing its positives. Society...humanity is not equipped to be a global community. We didn't evolve that way. Everyone having a voice in everything is not a good thing because nothing ever changes or gets done. We are desensitized by an endless deluge of information, and we lose track of what is physically around us.
- skulk 5y agoK-12 education should direct a significant portion of childrens' attention to learning how to use the internet in a healthy way, perhaps an entire class dedicated to learning how to find and evaluate information online. There are a lot of lessons learned in the last 20 years that should be immediately taught to the next generation.
- lambdaba 5y agoThat is a great idea, but then the challenge is to find the people to teach such a class. But really, great idea, I'll reflect on what such a class would look like. I'm amazed it doesn't exist already tbh.
- FooBarBizBazz 5y agoA special room in the house. Unpleasant fluorescent lights. A timer like a sauna. Hazmat shower afterwards. I'm actually half serious. The opposite is, people set their desk up in the most comfortable way possible, with the nicest view, so they want to spend more time there and do more work.