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Is it normal to feel tired of technological progress? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I still enjoy progress, but enshittification is exhausting.

[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

exactly, I'm very thankful for the foss guys who put their work towards helping everyone

also I think it's important to separate actual innovation from "innovations", as the latter is just shit rich people throw at investors to get richer by lying

personally I think progress is still too slow, regarding things like space exploration, medicine, science, and where all the real stuff is at

I firmly believe humanity is destined for greatness and one day we may become basically gods, only ones of knowledge instead of raw omnipotence (if we dont get extinct in the next 200 years)