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Re:Paid in Full: an internet where every interaction is a fi... by cjcole on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:34AM (#26942918)
This is true. We are being psychologically manipulated by extraordinarily skilled operators to redirect our attention from our family, friends, and local community toward these non-local (more lucrative) concerns. This makes the manipulators a vast amount of money.

Maybe we should think about the associated negative externalities and act accordingly.

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Re:Paid in Full: an internet where every interaction is a fi... by pixl97 on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:21AM (#26943457)
>Maybe we should think about the associated negative externalities

Narrator: "They didn't"

If we had that much foresight pollution wouldn't be an issue that is attempting to destroy us.

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