Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you've noticed?

Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by sjg007 on Friday October 25, 2019 @10:22PM (#21361251)

It was boring. A lot of TV was watched. There were some video games too. You could program too. The only thing you could do outside of that would be to read or socialize. You could read a gauntlet of things that you can do today as well. But YouTube, podcasts, blogs are great.

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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by goatlover on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:27PM (#21361516)

> The only thing you could do outside of that would be to read or socialize.

Hike, play sports, build stuff with your hands, make art, write, go swimming, and a bunch of other things.

I don't recall being particularly bored growing up before the internet became a big deal. It's just that now I'm used to having online access to so many things, it's easier to be bored without access to that.

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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'... by missingrib on Saturday October 26, 2019 @12:49AM (#21361790)

It's probably more likely that you just grew up and the things you found exciting then you don't find exciting now. Because you could just do those things now without going on the internet! They're separate things.

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