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Is it normal to feel tired of technological progress? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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I've just been reading about how in the future, AI will allow us to speak with animals, and people will be able to communicate telepathically and live in their own VR worlds. (etc., etc.)

Man, this isn't a world I want to live in. I'm so tired of the constant paradigm shifting that you have to put your brain through with each innovation. I wish technology just stayed frozen in the 1980s – there would be so much less uncertainty in my life and I could just focus on being a human.

Innovation keeps being forced on you and I just feel tired. >!And I'm only just in my 20s!< Is this ok? Is this valid? When resisting it is a loser's game...

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[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The future is tied to big companies and subscribing to thier services. I would love to get a smart watch for my health checks. I love the circle to search from anywhere on your phone screen (samasung phones). I would love to try those ray bans AR glasses. But I will almost never get to use them because that means signing my data away to make big companies bigger.

[–] EtzBetz@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Just as a random side note, circle to search is an aosp/Google feature, rolling out to more and more devices :)