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There is nothing wrong with being a tech enthusiast. It can even be refreshing especially if you are feeling burned out. Better to be an enthusiast than to get

• giraffe_lady 4y ago
  > There is nothing wrong with being a tech enthusiast. Not... quite... but it's close. "Tech" is a broad domain and for example the normalization of consumer-owned, corporate-controlled, police-accessible surveillance cameras was driven by "tech enthusiasm" and is absolutely a net negative for society. Unquestioning support and adoption of new applications of tech may be neutral in a vacuum but we don't live in a vacuum. There are reasons and uses for these things outside of what draws enthusiasts to them, and enthusiasts are encouraged to dismiss or ignore those consequences in their consumption. Nonetheless they are there, and tech consumption is not inherently neutral, though it's not inherently bad either.