• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    19 hours ago

    So you then just… never develop any actual reading or writing skills.

    This is one of the scary parts, yes. Reading and writing are fundamental skills that will atrophy if not practiced. Combined with anti-intellectualism, where people fundamentally do not value reading and writing skills, it’s pretty nasty.

    I don’t know how to fix it. It’s a gap in values. I often find myself wondering about the people around me, “Why don’t you care?” I don’t know why they don’t care about things.

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      19 hours ago

      Why don’t they care?

      … The reliance on machines to do their thinking has more or less made them into actual NPCs.

      First it was the combined effect of all of the media machines of capitalism, providing so many distractions and distortions.

      Now… its much more direct, formidable, capable… total.

      Just go look into the number of people who’ve killed themselves or others after more or less being goaded or gaslit into by… their only friend, ChatGPT.

      Its realworld cyberpsychosis, from Cyberpunk 2077.