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How is wholesale rejection of the shitty companies and websites that prey on your attention span to sell adverts in favour of good literature and genuine connec

How is wholesale rejection of the shitty companies and websites that prey on your attention span to sell adverts in favour of good literature and genuine connection a “fad”? I’ve deleted social media from my phone and it’s been…amazing. I don’t know what to do and end up staring into space instead of giving into my cravings for fresh content. You start to pay attention to your surroundings and think. It’s wonderful.

seanw444 4y ago
Boredom is crucial. Boredom creates will. Your body hates boredom, because traditionally, it meant you weren't doing anything to better your life. Today, we won't die if we're not filling our boredom with farming/hunting our meals by hand. It's too easy to live nowadays. Now, we plug that hole with social media and entertainment. Rather than adapting that caveman survival instinct to something else: improving knowledge, personal health, or real relationships. That's not to say these things as a whole need to be banned entirely. Like all things, they can be enjoyable in moderation. But too much is unhealthy. Even water has this caveat. The problem is we don't moderate. Rather than doing/creating something useful and/or memorable, you're stuck scrolling a feed, watching other people improve. It's actually quite sad.
- weregiraffe 4y ago
  You are mistaken. Hunter-gatherers, and even medieval farmers, worked less hours on average than we do today.
  - seanw444 4y ago
    I should have been more detailed. I don't mean just the hunting and gathering. My primary point was that it was a harder overall life. Upkeep on your living space and belongings (now we just buy a new one online or, God forbid, drive to the store), preparing food often (no such thing as long-term preservation at the time), adults actually had families to take care of (increasingly more people are single / childless)... There were more, urgent responsibilities to tend to.
  - Jorengarenar 4y ago
    >Hunter-gatherers (...) worked less hours on average than we do today. Yeah, other apes also work less hours on average than humans do. >even medieval farmers, worked less hours on average than we do today. On their lord's farms. After serfdom, they needed to provide for themselves too.
psychphysic 4y ago
> fad > /fad/ > noun > an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  not a fad: a complete lack of enthusiasm for something, especially things that are short-lived. A contempt for crazes.

seanw444 4y ago

Boredom is crucial. Boredom creates will. Your body hates boredom, because traditionally, it meant you weren't doing anything to better your life. Today, we won't die if we're not filling our boredom with farming/hunting our meals by hand. It's too easy to live nowadays. Now, we plug that hole with social media and entertainment. Rather than adapting that caveman survival instinct to something else: improving knowledge, personal health, or real relationships. That's not to say these things as a whole need to be banned entirely. Like all things, they can be enjoyable in moderation. But too much is unhealthy. Even water has this caveat. The problem is we don't moderate. Rather than doing/creating something useful and/or memorable, you're stuck scrolling a feed, watching other people improve. It's actually quite sad.

weregiraffe 4y ago
You are mistaken. Hunter-gatherers, and even medieval farmers, worked less hours on average than we do today.
- seanw444 4y ago
  I should have been more detailed. I don't mean just the hunting and gathering. My primary point was that it was a harder overall life. Upkeep on your living space and belongings (now we just buy a new one online or, God forbid, drive to the store), preparing food often (no such thing as long-term preservation at the time), adults actually had families to take care of (increasingly more people are single / childless)... There were more, urgent responsibilities to tend to.
- Jorengarenar 4y ago
  >Hunter-gatherers (...) worked less hours on average than we do today. Yeah, other apes also work less hours on average than humans do. >even medieval farmers, worked less hours on average than we do today. On their lord's farms. After serfdom, they needed to provide for themselves too.

psychphysic 4y ago

> fad > /fad/ > noun > an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze.

pessimizer 4y ago
not a fad: a complete lack of enthusiasm for something, especially things that are short-lived. A contempt for crazes.