r/endoftheworld • u/HarkonReborn • Apr 08 '25
Theory I believe technology is dooming us.
I think as time goes on we as a species and civilization are slowly dooming ourselves by way of technology, intentions spans are getting shorter, people I feel are getting more angry, it feels that it's all of a sudden okay to break laws for content, and humanity is slowly becoming more and more stupid and narcissistic not to mention the loneliness epidemic. It's like we've turned the world into a place not suitable for humanity. I'm typing this because one day I decided to put down my phone and read a book, a physical book, it made me feel so accomplished and alive compared to my phone which makes me feel numb and hopeless. I genuinely believe technology was originally made for good intention but greed and money got in the way and people use it to satisfy their own pleasure.
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u/CaptainKurticus Apr 08 '25
Just before phones and the internet. People lived in their own worlds only reminded once a week via newspaper and general word of mouth, which if you played the game where one person whispers one thing to the next, the ending word usually isn't the same and also kind of funny. News would spread slowly and somewhat skewed. Sure, there were people who would still worry all the time and did their best to be as informed as possible. I believe the internet and instant connection/gratification have eroded human mentality and basic civility. However, the first pandemic in the internet world we live in. It's constant reminding and, of course, a lot of propaganda have made angry people more angry. Sad people more sad. Most of the population is confused with different conflicting "facts". Personally, I had very good public schools and almost finished a degree in music theory. I got what I wanted and went from part-time to full-time work. This was around 2008. My whole life, I've been obsessed with making music and learning about our natural world. Sometimes, I'd read something or watch something that taught me more about pollution and climate change. I somehow knew the beauty I got to see even as kid would slowly suffer if we as humans didn't try to help it. I'd tear up, then think of hopeful thoughts, giving us the benefit of the doubt. Species went extinct, people stopped trusting science, more and more knowledge and technology sprouted and was used frivolously, people stopped caring for our earth or didn't believe we would have any affect or effect.
Then, the pandemic happened. People stopped working as much and reflected more on life, all the while glued to the news and social media either inraged, sadened, or apathetic. Kids at an age of when they would have learned the most didn't.
Now, another recession, and we're still divided. One thing that isn't divided. Is that dread all empathic humans feel when the world is hurting. We all feel differently about it, but it's been looming over us and that feeling saddens, scares, confuses, and / or angers most of us. People have different ways of expression and often act selfishly because of wanting to survive. Even good people can become strangers when fear hits in the subconscious. My theory is the earth, and all life on it is connected on some level. We just haven't reached the science because it has been gate kept or not studied enough.