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by throwawaycopy 3421 days ago
Cool story, bro.

This article is about the increasing rejection of the flood of digital information.

You're clearly still addicted to your devices.

An increasing number of us are playing acoustic guitars, going camping, playing board games, listening to vinylr records and mainly enjoying each other's company without any intermediary consumer device.

This forum is filled with technocratic mutants who cling to some half-baked theology that the digital revolution will save our souls, so I'm not expecting to change any minds. Hell, this forum is basically designed to halt any notion of discourse and to amplify the pro-tech rhetoric.

Best of luck!

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Why must it be someone is either on the enlightened side with you or "addicted to devices?" I go camping and play board games with my friends, but on my last long flight (for a trip where we left our devices off entirely) my partner and I played civ v the whole time on my tablet. You're at least as guilty of an extreme rhetoric as this specifically tech-oriented forum, and while I certainly agree there are people who spend too much time in front of the TV I don't think your message will change their habits. I also don't necessarily believe they would have been super-productive contributors to society if only the lcd screen hadn't been invented.