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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by krapp on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:51PM (#36426779)
>We were way better off before smartphones. Looking back on it now, we may have been even better off before the Internet.

Not to contradict myself, but I have to disagree.

Smartphones and the internet have improved the quality of life for a significant fraction of humanity. Given the choice between going back to a pre-internet technological paradigm of landline phones and total corporate control over media and communication, or somehow learning to deal with opening Pandora's box, I'll take the latter.

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Re:Humans Aren’t Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated ‘Post-Tr... by GoblinSlayer on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:28AM (#36433659)
You really believe smartphones were invented right after landline? Even at the time of landline internet was more free from corporate control than today.
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