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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
No, I can't.
Know why?
Because disruption is going to happen whether you like it or not.
And your catastrophizing around the whole things sounds like my grandparents back in the mid nineties going off on how the Internet and Nintendo will turn us all into Jello.
If you're going to come up with disaster scenarios where Big Brother and private corporations are running your life, you may as well wave the white flag on everything in life today. It's already here.
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It has nothing to do with whether I like it or not. To sit and say it's going to be sunshine and roses is short sighted. I guess you probably shouldn't have a smoke detector either. What I'm saying is there are major hurdles that need to be addressed.
I'm not saying big brother or the government are going to ruin my life. They already control pretty much everything.
It's not an out of the question disaster scenario. It literally just happened a year ago.
You're right people have only been positively affected by the internet. A lot of studies point out that social media, news etc has caused stress, anxiety and depression to increase. Maybe it's just being reported more, hard to know for sure. Let's eliminate millions of jobs with no plan on how to counteract that. Let's see how that affects society's mental state. These are things that need to be addressed at some point.
Just because there's some serious negatives doesn't mean it should stop change. It means we need to be prepared. Sitting around dismissing everything and not talking, doesn't help anyone. I'm tired of reading about how awesome it will be to look at instagram on my way to work. Give me a break.
Ah maybe you're right we shouldn't question anything, just give up.