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Do you think Technology makes us more lonely...? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by CHEFKOCH@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is a philosophical question, which means there is no right or wrong answer in a traditional term, but keep trolling to yourself. If you have no own opinion or respect before such question, please do not answer, thanks. I am not looking for low-quality answers such as ... no .. yes ...

I just wanted to ask what Lemmy, or the Community, things about Tech in general and the influence about how we proceed our own reality in general.

Do you think that Technology made us as species better or do you think that Tech makes us overall more lonely because everything gets faster and faster, more optimized and at the end of the day we're just searching for meaning in our lives? Love, fulfillment and such things, which Tech cannot entirely replace.

At the end of your own journey, which I like to call life you basically die alone, maybe with people who love surrounded but you go alone into the void. Would you say that getting the latest iPhone or xyz made you a better individual or helped to improve your overall fulfillment, or would you say that such Tech toys and gimmicks are potentially a placeholder for our own emptiness....?

Legitimate feedback, opinions are welcome.

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[–] Gritty@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I think its okay and even healthy to be bored.

When you're bored your mind turns to thinking instead of absorbing. We absorb a lot of information but do little to process it. An exception might be made for those in school I suppose.

But even when away from a cell phone or computer your mind still thinks about the internet...it's still there. You need a hard break, but it's not that easy because those around you need hard breaks too or you'll be talking to someone distracted.

Now to your question, I do believe it makes folks lonely because there's too much stimuli, too much to find out, too many people to talk to. Its never enough but we try. It's exhausting and not as rewarding as actual human interactions.

It's easy to say take a look at your life and change it, but when everyone you know is glued to a phone too, it's now lonely being the only disconnected one.