did social media ruin people's personalities or am I just upset at the lack of sophistication in modern apathy
I think a lot of dis-ease towards life would be sublimated more productively if it weren’t for how tempting the internet is. Having a palantir has streamlined personalities in a way that seems flattening to me.
people were archetypes before and theyre archetypes now. so theyre essentially the same but in a different way.
Idk, I get the impression that in 1950 if you were dissatisfied with your life you'd go down to the pool hall and start fights just for the hell of it. Or put your head in the oven.
Maybe some people would collect stamps or become artists if they weren't able to scroll. Or they'd just get jobs. But I really think that we're better off entertaining our anti-social freaks to death than letting them loose on the streets.
Ted Bundy would’ve been an influencer, Lyndon B Johnson would’ve been a valorant player, Hellen Keller would’ve worked in AI alignment
The ghosts of the past are weighing heavier and heavier