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Before smartphones, there was not an equivalent number of people burying their heads in newspapers. Many people point to “well this is just the new X”, but I t
by haswell 1y ago
Before smartphones, there was not an equivalent number of people burying their heads in newspapers.
Many people point to “well this is just the new X”, but I think this underrepresents the impact of modern tech, which in many cases bears a passing resemblance to some earlier era while in reality having a drastically different footprint and impact on society.
- fennecfoxy 1y agoOh for sure, wealth accumulation, corporate lobbying, public indifference have certainly created a modern technological dystopian hellscape dissimilar to the comparatively minuscule newspaper conglomerates of the before-fore-times.