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Couldn’t have put it better myself. There are rarely recognized negative factors associated with having ultra high bandwidth instant response impulse satisfact

by napier 5y ago

Couldn’t have put it better myself. There are rarely recognized negative factors associated with having ultra high bandwidth instant response impulse satisfaction on tap. I used to read a book a day. I used to ponder curiosities in more depth until I could piece together conclusions from library visits and talking to people f2f or on the phone; long held interests and sustained human relationships would oftentimes result as a side effect. I used to spend a lot more time outdoors. There are trade offs to instantaneous information access and I am going to try and mitigate them as a belated New Year resolution.

avgcorrection 5y ago
I’m sick of this being reduced to “instant impulse satisfaction”. The OP mentions video games. 20 years ago (and today too by most people) that would have been derided as “instant impulse satisfaction”. But apparently it was much more meaningful than using a browser. A lot of time is wasted on things that are in no way experienced as “satisfying”. It is instant but not satisfying. I would venture a guess that it has more to do with procrastination than it has to do with “instant satisfaction”. It’s easier to procrastinate by reading news articles than by picking up the guitar (hey, the browser is right there). Another problem which this does not explain is the time one spends writing lengthy responses and topics. That is not really “instant” in any way. It takes effort. And it might not be fun. This just looks like some kind of religious thing in secular disguise. People who feel guilty that they are (allegedly) having “sinful fun”.
- basisword 5y ago
  Seems like you've misunderstood the grandparent comment. It's not 'sinful fun' - it's not fun at all. That's the point. We've traded fun and memorable activities for doom scrolling.
  - avgcorrection 5y ago
    I did not.
    - BeetleB 5y ago
      As the author of the comment in question: You did.
      - avgcorrection 5y ago
        Write better next time.

by napier 5y ago

avgcorrection 5y ago

I’m sick of this being reduced to “instant impulse satisfaction”. The OP mentions video games. 20 years ago (and today too by most people) that would have been derided as “instant impulse satisfaction”. But apparently it was much more meaningful than using a browser. A lot of time is wasted on things that are in no way experienced as “satisfying”. It is instant but not satisfying. I would venture a guess that it has more to do with procrastination than it has to do with “instant satisfaction”. It’s easier to procrastinate by reading news articles than by picking up the guitar (hey, the browser is right there). Another problem which this does not explain is the time one spends writing lengthy responses and topics. That is not really “instant” in any way. It takes effort. And it might not be fun. This just looks like some kind of religious thing in secular disguise. People who feel guilty that they are (allegedly) having “sinful fun”.

basisword 5y ago
Seems like you've misunderstood the grandparent comment. It's not 'sinful fun' - it's not fun at all. That's the point. We've traded fun and memorable activities for doom scrolling.
- avgcorrection 5y ago
  I did not.
  - BeetleB 5y ago
    As the author of the comment in question: You did.
    - avgcorrection 5y ago
      Write better next time.