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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days ago what would be needed to change the status quo. One of the following: widespread media literacy competent understanding of technology a gun I’ve recently accepted that the vast majority of people who use technology daily will never question or understand how it works, but will act as if it is indispensable, omniscient, and impenetrable.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIn other words, it’s a god
minus-squarestarchylemming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agonot necessarily god it’s just magic its alien, arcane, unknowable but works thinking about it induces fear
One of the following:
I’ve recently accepted that the vast majority of people who use technology daily will never question or understand how it works, but will act as if it is indispensable, omniscient, and impenetrable.
In other words, it’s a god
not necessarily god
it’s just magic
its alien, arcane, unknowable but works
thinking about it induces fear
Indeed