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Is it normal to feel tired of technological progress? (lemmy.ml)
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I've just been reading about how in the future, AI will allow us to speak with animals, and people will be able to communicate telepathically and live in their own VR worlds. (etc., etc.)

Man, this isn't a world I want to live in. I'm so tired of the constant paradigm shifting that you have to put your brain through with each innovation. I wish technology just stayed frozen in the 1980s – there would be so much less uncertainty in my life and I could just focus on being a human.

Innovation keeps being forced on you and I just feel tired. >!And I'm only just in my 20s!< Is this ok? Is this valid? When resisting it is a loser's game...

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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think technology's great, but the way people have chosen to use it is occasionally awful.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

This is more in line with how I feel. Tech is great, but tech bros not so much...

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

The technology we create takes the form of the incentives that drive its' creation. If we create technology for the exploitation of others we shouldn't be surprised that people use it for the exploitation of others.