(07-14-2023, 09:05 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: As I’ve said before, technology is why we’re so divided now . The physical safety of social media means people no longer have to encounter the people they attack. There was a time not long ago when a person called someone a pedophile or a Nazi, they were subject to an [BLEEP] whoopin’. Now everyone can sit in the comfort of their home, or anywhere, and say the most vile things about others with no proof of their assertions or risk to their safety.

We now live in the age of cowardice and unaccountability.

Cancel Culture has also been spawned from this. People's lives can be ruined within seconds of a random post or accusation with little to no supporting facts or evidence. Happens all the time. Then, people wonder why some people snap and go berserk and start shooting up random establishments or killing people. 

It's a concrete jungle at the end of the day. Everybody is living in their little digitalized treehouses and when it's finally time to come down and get in the thick of it they can't seem to function properly anymore. Massive, massive cabin fever [BLEEP] going on now. Especially post covid and covid lockdowns. 

This is why I think it's crucial we change our approach with these children coming up now in the education system. Adopt some of the customs Japan has adopted for their school system with their youths before throwing the books and grindstone mentality at them. Basic, fundamental manners, politeness, respect, helping, cleaning, etc. 

All of that needs to be instilled at home from the parents and then reinforced by the school system. Technology has it's dark side, for sure. I agree with you. We're becoming less human. Confined to the wheel of pain, to be made as thralls.

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