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I think there is some interesting information-control mechanics going on in our brains.

Long story short it goes somewhat like this: The more we flood our brains with input from screens and people the more of this it actually blocks off. Just look at how information is stored now (with countless hyperlinks interconnecting all sorts of people and information) in comparison to the 1990 e.g. where you actually had to call (and especially get sme) on the phone to talk to sme and if you searched a specific piece of information you had to invest some real time and legwork.

Nowadays most of these so called "interactions" are only a swipe away. That surely makes it more accessible (as well as it surely increases the number of ppl you can meet) but it also makes it more superficial. I mean both the interactions between ppl and the way we take our information in.

There already is a whole generation that has real problems actually storing informations in their long-term-memory just because everything is very accessible and "usable" nowadays.

So my thesis is: The more information we take in and the more people we interact with per time unit the more superficial everything gets. Because it is just so easy to get all this (imo low-level)-"entertainment" everywhere.

Most ppl. just don't give a fuck anymore about anything (or at least less than they did 20 years ago) because the next best thing is just a swipe away.

On top of this are big companies hacking (or at least trying really hard to divert) your attention on their apps ands sites because in their world you ain't the customer but the product which data can be mined, stored and sold.

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And now all those interconnected links lead to broken pages from 5 years ago before the site went to the new mobile format that sucks ass. We now have rotted links where even important things cannot be found that deal in thesis/court cases,etc fundamentally changing our perception of truth itself. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-internet-is-rotting/ar-AALCqPD?ocid=winp1taskbar