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Anyone that blogs about giving up the Internet is doomed to failure and will realize the stupidity of it soon enough. Life isn't about productivity, these days
by hnriot 14y ago
Anyone that blogs about giving up the Internet is doomed to failure and will realize the stupidity of it soon enough. Life isn't about productivity, these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society, there's nothing inherently better about reading books than hackernews. There is a place for both.
Whenever I read about someone that beleives that extreme and drastic measures are required it nearly always points to other more subtle issues that the escapism is happily providing distraction from.
This is just attention seeking.
- Volpe 14y ago> This is just attention seeking. Your comment, or the OP? People are welcome to try whatever they like to make themselves happier, and I'm glad people are happy to share their experience with the world. You seem to have a bunch of predetermined ideas on what life is about. And that's great. But don't preach them like they are universal truth: "Life isn't about productivity" to you "..these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society..." for you "There is a place for both." for you
- gizzlon 14y ago"..these days being cut off from the Internet is to alienate contemporary society..." for you actually, GP's statement is true for most people "in the west", adding "for you" is just silly..
- Volpe 14y agoA bit silly... except you replaced it with another qualification that essentially says the same thing. - Most people don't live "in the west". - Thus universal truths, better apply to them too!
- gizzlon 14y agoSome context is implied in all communication. Most people who read HN do, and more to the point, they have an Internet connection and loosing that would alienate them from contemporary society.
- SysKill 14y agoYou are projecting.