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Re:Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise by AcornGrower on Thursday January 18, 2024 @04:17PM (#39047883)
I’m always genuinely surprised when I see this sentiment expressed here on HN.

Do you use a hammer to code? A keyboard to paint your walls? Do you strap phones to your feet to move faster or do you use a bike for that?

Technology and other tools very much shape what we do and can do with them. We shape them and they shape us.

Re:Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise by 2snakes on Thursday January 18, 2024 @04:35PM (#39048102)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-it-phenomenology/#...

See the 3 different perspectives from here.

Re:Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise by AcornGrower on Thursday January 18, 2024 @04:42PM (#39048203)
Thank you but I actually got a somewhat worthless graduate degree in this stuff.
Re:Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise by NoPicklez on Friday January 19, 2024 @01:15AM (#39052107)
Do you agree with their statement on technology as a tool as opposed to something that makes our lives easier then?
Re:Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise by SlickNixon on Saturday January 20, 2024 @06:43PM (#39073753)
Can't imagine willingly using a tool that I assess makes my life more difficult.
Re:Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise by NoPicklez on Saturday January 20, 2024 @09:02PM (#39074756)
But that doesn't mean that tools don't make others lives more difficult.

Missiles as a tool to do damage don't necessarily make other peoples lives easier. But it might make the lives easier of those who wish to do damage.

Technology is a tool, which can be used to make lives easier and harder.

Re:Technology is stealing your time in ways you may not realise by SlickNixon on Sunday January 21, 2024 @01:34AM (#39076188)
"Every person using technology will make every other person's life easier" is not the correct interpretation of the original statement.