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I won't interpret this as a battle of the sexes. Instead, I'll argue that we simply have it "too good" and now eschew other effortful forms of entertainment, co
by echelon 2y ago
I won't interpret this as a battle of the sexes. Instead, I'll argue that we simply have it "too good" and now eschew other effortful forms of entertainment, companionship, and adventure.
Phones provide all the dopamine we need, perfectly fit for our attention and interests. Always on, never-ending streams of it. Everything else in life just doesn't provide the same immediate hit. It takes too much effort to hang out with friends, go to the community theater, or go out on a date.
The internet and its algorithms are turning us into zombies.
- bowsamic 2y agoI agree, and it isn't just phones It's movies, books, hobbies, plays, etc. Yes, even the good ones, even your David Lynch or your copy of Critique of Pure Reason It isn't, as some people imagine, pure dopamine machines shovelling out easy to consume content, but even also access to (made possible by both far increased literacy and far increase education) works that entertain us that are imagined as higher. We simply can't get bored
- johnnyanmac 2y agoI never interpreted it as such. Simply that cultural and biological factors will affect the sexes differently. This impacts men more because they simply don't tend to have as many deep friendships, nor do they talk as frequently. But yes I agree. We are victims of convinience. a soft form of the classic VR immersion dystopia. All the joy in our fingertips, so who needs friends?