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Near-infinite access to pretty much any information you can possibly dream of, content, questions, etc, on a little device in your pocket

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The problem with that is it has led to ignorant people believing they’re smart — all because they can find any random site that backs up any nonsense they assert. Critical thinking and credible research are endangered concepts now.

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Oh, of course. There are negatives to everything for sure. But I think as a whole it’s made life better in a lot of different ways.

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I miss tge bar room arguments over who did what. Like tge guy who ran out of a bar and stole a plane and flew it back to tge bar to prove he stole a plane before. Awesome. Now you just hoogle everything

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ive said to my kids "you have the sum total of all human knowledge available at your fingertips 24/7 and youre bored? "

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Give them welbutrin and there mind will be on overload. Worked wonders for me. no sarcasm.

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Do you feel this “overload” all the time or in bursts?

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39 points

Wait so now I’m in trouble for not being on my phone? Make up your mind! /s

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There’s a big difference between doom scrolling and education.

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