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I agree that we're focused on the wrong danger. The same way we tried to push the marijuana narrative toward physical harm when the real danger was in co-opting

by Lucent 4y ago

I agree that we're focused on the wrong danger. The same way we tried to push the marijuana narrative toward physical harm when the real danger was in co-opting our goal system. I'd go further than you and say it's not even important that it's controlled by the CCP. An unlimited supply of the most interesting 30-second videos in the world is dangerous regardless of who's determining "interesting."

gremlinsinc 4y ago
Short-form videos are evil by themselves. As someone with ADHD, if you allow yourself to get sucked in, its hard to move or jump out of it. Hell, watching en enjoyable tv show feels like work, i.e. too long. I've come to appreciate quality over quantity, substance over fleeting enjoyment, and setting limits on how much I spend on yt, etc. It's similar to doom-scrolling reddit after the Ukraine war started, or Covid or George Floyd...2-3 months of my life I literally couldn't put my phone down, not that I could affect or add to the conversation, or change anything. Just FOMO, I guess. This though could lead to less overall production from America as a whole which could in micro-economic ways impact overall gdp, growth, dominance, etc, --and that's not considering what possible "pushes" they could give you to "think" one way or the other, as Americans are so easily manipulated by single sources they 'deem' truthful, but probably really aren't.