I have a sense that "tech addiction" is a misshapen concept not because it's pointing toward some inwarranted concern, but because it medicalizes one node in the system of requirements & allowables in an increasingly unhealthy systemhttps://twitter.com/CHSommers/status/1151685083520278533 …
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We've already seen this with ADHD, a diagnosis that's allocated to some people with limitations that genuinely render them nonfunctional, many people who struggle, & many more who are pathologically(?) unable to stare at spreadsheets all day at work without amphetamines
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Perhaps — similarily to the way that most (if not all) humans are simply not suited to staring at spreadsheets for 4+ hours per day — most humans cannot tolerate a social hierarchy that permits them no upward moves based on mastery or valor because no true "small ponds" remain
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At the same time that their every capacity is compared to, say, that of a remote worker in an arbitrarily low-GDP locale who can be hired for pennies on the dollar, an upcoming raid is inching ever closer AND HEALERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED
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These are still largely urban concerns that haven't percolated to e.g. less dense regions of the U.S. But we still see "tech addiction" there, so what gives? I think it tells us that whatever the hierarchy/status-disrupting tech is, it's not some SF subculture issue
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FWIW, my intuition is that to the extent that there's a harmful gaming/social media node dominating, it's actually downwind of the dating apps & the culture that's been forming around them for more than a decade
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It's really sad. We became Ricks when we finally turned into the adults we promised ourselves would have the freedom to play without punishment or judgment
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