This is interesting. More people are beginning to question the fundamental tenets of technological progress, specifically: whether we are truly helpless before it, and whether it is inevitable. The real question should surround the type of technological progress occurring, namely the all-consuming digital opiate that we’ve stumbled upon, nurtured an addiction to, while bringing our children into the fold before we’ve even gained our footing. No it is not inevitable, yes we should have a say in our own destiny and that of our children and grandchildren. “Connectedness” has been a mirage that we’ve allowed ourselves to be dragged, deep into the desert. Along the way we’ve lost so much. What we’ve lost cannot be quantified. They are the experiences that our children will never know, nor future generations, if the technological cancer isn’t ground to a halt. The instant gratification of the screen, the mind-addling opiate of “convenience”, the brave new world looked forward to in decades past is now here. We see for ourselves that it is no Ultima Thule. Instead, we see everyone around us being infantilized, culture itself infantilized, by this technological god, robbing us of the real.
Tucker Carlson: "But I think the problem with technology, one of the problems with technology is the way that people approach it in a very kind of mindless heedless way. I think it’s important, this idea that it’s inexorable and we can’t control it, and if we don’t do it, someone… pic.twitter.com/sxfRPSDGdD
— Camus (@newstart_2024) April 17, 2024
