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Re:After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on by chaostheory on Monday March 27, 2023 @08:51PM (#35334320)
> finding an appropriate and healthy skepticism about the effects of our inventions is probably the next level of maturity we need to develop

This happens automatically with age. The HN crowd is older now. Just look at the skepticism around AR and VR. The problem is there’s no actual exploration and experimentation paired with the skepticism.

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Re:After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:50AM (#35336455)
Job of the young: discover and be blinded by the new

Job of the old: remind the young that there's little new under the sun, and a cost to everything.

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Re:After a decade, South Dakota's Amish are moving on by chaostheory on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:06AM (#35342269)
Speaking as an older person observing peers, the problem with older people in this case is that lazy stereotypes and terrible assumptions replace discovery and actual verification.

The end result is “get off my lawn” and “new things annoy me”

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