Re: Heat Death of the Internet

On 2024-05-02, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Fascinating how different experiences and life choices can be! Let me
contrast this with some clips from my own life. Obviously this is based
on where I live in northern europe so of course my experience does not
apply equally to yours.
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My life seems more calm, and less exposed to ads and generally more
peaceful than most people.

I didn't write this article.  It did occur to me that the kind of usage
mentioned in the article is very different from the kind of usage i saw
when i first got online.  It is much more focused on consumption, which
is also the name of a disease.  I grok many of your points, and learned
some of them the hard way.  I used to calendar on a smartphone, and now
i use a pocket calendar with a pencil.  I recall a statement that being
content or happy is a radical act.  It erodes the motivators for buying
more stuff.  If you intellectually analyze mass media messaging, it can
come across like "You are a boring, sexless & unattractive loser.  Your
life is a mess.  It would be a shame if your friends knew how miserable
your existence is.  Fortunately, our product will fix everything.  Only
available for a limited time, so run do not walk."