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Is it normal to feel tired of technological progress? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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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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[–] GuyDudeman 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We all reach that point in life. I kind of admire and also pity those who don’t.

Like, the Richard Bransons who are skydiving and water skiing with supermodels at 65 are just nuts. The Leo Laporte’s who stay on top of every little detailed change to every piece of tech are nuts. It’s cool that they have that enthusiasm, I guess. But it’s just not that important to me anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

We may have some differences, while close to the same age, I am extremely outdoors and active, constantly building something tech (not bleeding edge) or non-tech, and completely fill my time or I get ansy. So in that way I'm more like the Branson's but overall my mentality towards "not caring" matches yours to a tee.

The skill of being able to identify what's important in the moment and recognizing "this won't matter in 6 months" is a learned talent I wish I could give others. I sometimes feel like it may dampen my excitement for things, being the inverse, but so far that has never really been deterrent for me..