>If you’re using it recreationally, not professionally to complete a task, don’t kid yourself — it’s not enhancing your life. It’s robbing you of the joy of act

>If you’re using it recreationally, not professionally to complete a task, don’t kid yourself — it’s not enhancing your life. It’s robbing you of the joy of actually experiencing your life. Same with cell phones. And computers. And books. And your car. And Legos. And art. And music. Wait. But we like books and creative things, right? This is the sort of vacuous statement that irks me. "Well duh" is an obvious response, but it goes deeper. This can be applied to doing anything you enjoy, but it's wielded most frequently against new things, in a "get off my lawn" / rose-tinted glasses way. Sure. New things get used for things you don't approve of. Easy art reproduction brought about the proliferation of porn and the commoditization of art in general. The printing press brought about the end of scribes, and is used to spread Christian, Buddhist, atheist, communist, anarchist, and democratic propaganda. But new things also get used for things you do approve of. Like porn, art in every room, and spreading propaganda for your latest cause. Can we please get an ounce of information, instead of vague new-thing-hate?