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By that token, humans weren't meant to get medical procedures on chronical illnesses and live up to 100+ years. What humans were meant to doesn't really help,
by makeitdouble 3y ago
By that token, humans weren't meant to get medical procedures on chronical illnesses and live up to 100+ years.
What humans were meant to doesn't really help, and what long lasting impacts smart phone will have is pretty much up for debate.
My view on this is, we have natural defense + evolutionary mechanisms to deal with potential exctintion events. If you really want to look at the issue at such a basic level, tell me how the human race will be decimated via the arrival of smart phones.
- 23B1 3y agoI think looking at things like the speed of evolution (through the lens of neuroscience or sociology) relative to the speed of industrialization and see some pretty clear markers as to what we're 'supposed' to be doing. I'm not saying we're 'supposed' to be hunting wooly mammoths with flintknapped spears – since we did that for hundreds of thousands of years before the Information Age – but I'm fairly positive most of the science points to sedentary lifestyles (combined with the 'existential dread' that the media uses to make its bread) are not what we're 'supposed' to be doing if we want to be happy as individuals. And I think widespread individual happiness probably contributes to a healthier society overall. Not arguing for sticking our heads in the sand or doing away with computers – just making the point that moderation – even heavy moderation – is probably A Good Thing for kids and humans in general.