[baktubi]

There’s obviously good things provided by tech (otherwise folks wouldn’t have started using it). A social network is a good thing in theory.

The problem is not the technological concept itself but where and how we consume it (e.g every 30 seconds). Keep in mind Facebook started when mobiles were somewhat limited and children had flip phones if at all. And on those, “background apps” were scarcely a thing.

Nowadays, people are like zombies—and more time is spend wasting away in front of multimédia than providing value to the world.

[hashkb]

> There’s obviously good things provided by tech (otherwise folks wouldn’t have started using it)

The "good" doesn't have to be significant for us to become addicted. There are some upsides to smoking cigarettes and other self-destructive behaviors, I'm sure.

[baktubi]

Hmm come to think of it cigarettes are actually a social network of sorts. At least in the beginning :)