I don’t think there’s anything wrong with addressing a group of people you belong to and share common values with. This site is based around such as notion. Statements from a group member carry more weight and you can speak to shared ideals. It doesn’t mean your statement can’t apply to others either. Similar things were said about the other media you list but one can’t deny that there are both qualitative and quantitative differences between those media. The danger I think lies in the replacement of human interaction and is proportional to the amount of time consumed.

I am not Indian, but I feel like he is talking to me as well. I spend about 5-6 hours online and I am not accomplishing my goals. I don’t even have goals. Ultimately it is not the fault of the internet companies, the blame lies on me.

> Ultimately it is not the fault of the internet companies, the blame lies on me.

That may not be entirely true. Dark patterns like Doom scrolling are employed by companies to keep you hooked on their apps. Also checkout Social cooling.

https://www.socialcooling.com/

I think by now we can safely say that the influence of TV on society has indeed been net negative.

If you have high standards in anything, most people won't get it right. Tools are only as useful as the person wielding them.

The generalization may be true, but concluding that there's no benefit or that we would be better off without would be a non-sequitur.

Because he’s Indian, writing a message specifically targeting Indian youth, in an Indian paper. Please take your “what about” somewhere productive.

Maybe we can try to be nice to each other.

icymi, i was trying to be rhetorical. Please take your holier-than-thou sanctimony somewhere productive.

I didn't miss it, I just disagree with your attitude.

https://xkcd.com/2368/