[askafriend]

People said the same thing about TV (and before that, newspapers/radio).

With any new technology, societies will overdo it when it's new and then eventually find some happy-medium. You're seeing this happen now with more awareness around social media overuse or digital detoxes being more in vogue. People are slowly finding their happy medium.

Fear not, it's all a part of the natural course of things.

[nso95]

Maybe those with the more extreme views expressing their opinions is a necessary part of the process of society arriving at that balance.

[jjtheblunt]

> Fear not, it's all a part of the natural course of things.

i bet some said that too !

[askafriend]

I think humans are far more adaptable than the doomers will have you believe. Even if that adaptation takes some time at a societal level.

We've seen this with several technologies in the past, especially communication technologies. (Do you remember the doomer-ism around phone calls and telephones?)