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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by mywittyname on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:17PM (#23479569)
I'd argue it hasn't changed much for technology people. I had an iPhone in 10 and used it constantly for the same thing I do today: news, web browsing when away, and chatting with friends. My google history confirms this. I still use the same gmail address, reddit, social media, Steam, bank, etc accounts.

I think the biggest difference for me is that I use spotify now for music, rather than downloading it. And streaming video is now legit, so there's less need for torrents and newsgroups.

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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by TheAdamAndChe on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @02:55PM (#23480702)
What's changed is social media. Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram all use machine learning to provide just the right feedback for us to keep cominng back for more. This has hijacked our dopamine feedback loops and changed the way we interact with each other.

I know personally, my attention span is much worse than it was years ago. It's tough to find friends, and if I weren't married, I bet it would be tough and highly competitive to find a mate. I think this has something to do with it.

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Re:After 10 years in tech isolation, I’m now outsider to thi... by ghaff on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:06PM (#23480825)
>I had an iPhone in 10

I think you're partly agreeing with me. I didn't have an iPhone until 2010. Before that I had a Treo, which was much less capable. So prior to 2010, I didn't really have a lot of mobile connectivity other than email and some (slow) web surfing.

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