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>The worst thing is that these apps addict one to unrealistic expectations and instant gratifications. Digital tobacco.

You could say the same about the internet, even pre-broadband, as anyone who spend significant time on websites, message boards, etc during the 90s and 2000s (or earlier with Usenet, IRC, etc) could attest to. Shall we just do away with the whole thing then?



certainly sounds like some of the complaints that were raised about television back in the day... but somehow society adapts and gets on with living.

Indeed any media that gives a aspirational view of the world tends to attract the attention of those who want to preserve the status quo.




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