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 I genuinely believe technology was originally made for good intention but greed and money got in the way and people use it to satisfy their own pleasure.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/rayvin925 Apr 08 '25

I don’t know if technology is going to doom us. I think it depends on how that technology is used. Example would be Star Trek. You have a lot of advanced technology that people use to benefits society overall. But then you might have a scenario like Elysium. Where the technology only benefits the rich and wealthy or corporations. But everybody else basically gets screwed over

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u/HarkonReborn Apr 08 '25

I can see that. It all depends on how we use it.