Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?
by nwienert on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:42AM
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My perspective is quite the opposite, people travel to see each other way more, video chat way more, and we talk about more diverse and interesting stuff.
They have more hobbies and more interesting hobbies (the internet has really exploded the ability to learn about and try things, and new tech like kite surfing is popular with my friends). My wife learned how to sew during the pandemic using just YouTube.
Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive?
by hammyhavoc on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:43PM
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Very interesting! I've found that most people I know never really access the internet outside of Facebook. The idea of using a search engine is something academics apparently do. Seeing far fewer businesses with their own websites too, just telling people to follow them on Instagram or Facebook.
I don't feel like I know my friends or family very well these days, despite being friends for almost thirty years with some.
Twenty years ago we would talk on MSN or email and arrange to do something or hang out. These days you just see photos of their lunch.
I also feel like a lot of folks are scared to hang out, even pre-COVID, because they have nothing to talk about that isn't already on Facebook. What they do discuss is pretty much solely consumption of "I ate x", "I bought y".
I largely feel like folks have lost the art of conversation. Instead they're now content creators.