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This is a massively overstated, trendy, technically incorrect thing to say.
by card_zero 2y ago
This is a massively overstated, trendy, technically incorrect thing to say.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoEven if technological "addiction" is not like real drug addiction, it is something strange. People constantly checking, scrolling without any real purpose. There's some sort of conditioned behaviour in it that has some facets of addiction.
- astura 2y agoHow do you know they don't have a purpose? Seems like you're projecting your insecurities on strangers.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoA lot of people have the same feeling about technology. I personally regulate my technological use fairly stringently. I almost never carry a smartphone with me for instance. It's got nothing to do with personal insecurities. I'm just interested in contributing to a more critical discussion on technology.
- casey2 2y agoYou should read some absurdist literature, people doing things without any real purpose is very common. Nobody cared about drug addiction until it was politicized. US politicians have a long history of using drug users as scapegoats to win elections to disastrous results. Prohibition, drug war, next are social media bans. The insanity will never end.
- nvarsj 2y agoAgreed. The original comment just made me think "good grief". No, scrolling on a website is not the same as doing lines of coke in the club bathroom.
- 1986 2y agoNo, it's not, but there's a spectrum of drug experiences. Scrolling social media is more like sitting in a shitty motel by yourself on a meth binge, or being on the nod.