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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Jun 2016

    Future generations may be as shocked by our promiscuous use of social media as we are by past generations' smoking.

    7:15 PM - 9 Jun 2016
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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Jun 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        You actually argued online with random people? Didn't you know how bad that was for your brain?

        17 replies 86 retweets 231 likes
      3. Jeremy‏ @zaphar 9 Jun 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        I don't know if it's bad for my brain but it's definitely not fun. I avoid online arguments since they are so unenjoyable.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Isa Mutlib‏ @isamutlib 9 Jun 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        agreed. Sad to say but I fear for what is to come if this is our current state.

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      1. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 9 Jun 2016
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        that's a little silly. Sure our tools are still unrefined but these are about expression and learning, not cancer causing indulgence.

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      1. The Player Formerly Known as Mousecop‏ @YeetPolicia 9 Jun 2016
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        Does sober me count as a future generation?

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      1. Michael Pinto‏ @michaelpinto 9 Jun 2016
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        sadly i see many millennials smokers, and what's sad is that by age 40 you usually know at least one person who died from cancer

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      1. Adam Kazwell‏ @kaz 9 Jun 2016
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        https://twitter.com/kaz/status/492327361447084032 …

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        Coming (soon?) to an app near you pic.twitter.com/LrHqcXRrwp
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      2. Javaun Moradi‏ @javaun 9 Jun 2016
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        or compare smoking to drivinghttps://twitter.com/javaun/status/580355125748899840 …

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        In 2 decades that idea that human once drove will seem as ridiculous as the fact that hospitals once allowed smoking.
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      3. Martin Rigby‏ @rigby 10 Jun 2016
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        or to Rock and Roll. Maybe social media is just shocking to old people.

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      1. rkt88edmo‏ @rkt88edmo 9 Jun 2016
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        Would that violate the second law of thermodynamics? As it is above, so it is below.

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