Re:Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria
by andrewzah on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @08:23AM
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> They are no longer human as far as I'm concerned.
Well, yeah. We’re cyborgs now and have been for a while. Smartphones have basically become an integrated extension of ourselves.
> It's the norm now to immediately reach for the phone because god forbid they might otherwise feel 2 seconds of boredom.
Probably because I have a wealth of information in my pocket. I can utilize my idle time and study flash cards or chess theory or get back to someone. Sometimes I just meditate or think about things instead.
I do agree that apps can’t possibly fix social issues like people no longer having communities to fall back on. However this comment is an unnecessarily pessimistic take in my opinion. I’m pretty sure people have tried to douse their loneliness with external sources for millennia.
Edit: to be clear, internet / smartphone addiction is a real issue that isn’t seriously discussed as far as I’m aware. However this is different from simply using your phone. In any case being antagonistic and referring to people as not human is probably not a great method of spreading one’s ideas.
Well, yeah. We’re cyborgs now and have been for a while. Smartphones have basically become an integrated extension of ourselves.
> It's the norm now to immediately reach for the phone because god forbid they might otherwise feel 2 seconds of boredom.
Probably because I have a wealth of information in my pocket. I can utilize my idle time and study flash cards or chess theory or get back to someone. Sometimes I just meditate or think about things instead.
I do agree that apps can’t possibly fix social issues like people no longer having communities to fall back on. However this comment is an unnecessarily pessimistic take in my opinion. I’m pretty sure people have tried to douse their loneliness with external sources for millennia.
Edit: to be clear, internet / smartphone addiction is a real issue that isn’t seriously discussed as far as I’m aware. However this is different from simply using your phone. In any case being antagonistic and referring to people as not human is probably not a great method of spreading one’s ideas.