At first Hoel’s phrase “lived life” brought out my inner cranky copyeditor. Reminded me of the dreaded “lived experience.” On further reflection, these seemingly redundant phrases may increasingly be useful to distinguish real life from internet-shaped reality. And now that I think of it, “real life” might have sounded redundant to earlier generations.
My key takeaway was your last recommendation--Swipe Wisely.
Web 2.0 CRAPFORMS like TikTok seduce their unsuspecting users with the promise of light entertainment and maybe even viral fame if they Feed the Beast often enough while all the while an addiction to mindless swiping so one stays on the platform is the true name of their wicked game.
It's high time that We the People take a stand against these companies and their dopamine pellet dispensing apps.
We've already got one generation, the Zoomers, who grew up with these apps and are now ready to mind meld with their phones. We don't need the little Gen Alphas to follow the Silicon Valley Pied Piper down the road to ruin.
God help us if the Earth gets hit with a huge CME and fries all our electronics...
At first Hoel’s phrase “lived life” brought out my inner cranky copyeditor. Reminded me of the dreaded “lived experience.” On further reflection, these seemingly redundant phrases may increasingly be useful to distinguish real life from internet-shaped reality. And now that I think of it, “real life” might have sounded redundant to earlier generations.
Wow it never occurred to me that real life might be redundant. Guess I really was a TV raised Gen X only child
Great Article, Mo.
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My key takeaway was your last recommendation--Swipe Wisely.
Web 2.0 CRAPFORMS like TikTok seduce their unsuspecting users with the promise of light entertainment and maybe even viral fame if they Feed the Beast often enough while all the while an addiction to mindless swiping so one stays on the platform is the true name of their wicked game.
It's high time that We the People take a stand against these companies and their dopamine pellet dispensing apps.
We've already got one generation, the Zoomers, who grew up with these apps and are now ready to mind meld with their phones. We don't need the little Gen Alphas to follow the Silicon Valley Pied Piper down the road to ruin.
God help us if the Earth gets hit with a huge CME and fries all our electronics...