Comment by awesome_dude
Comment by awesome_dude 4 days ago
God no.
Speaking as someone that communicates primarily through text (high likelihood of Autism) the internet was the first chance a lot of us had to ... speak.. and be heard
Comment by awesome_dude 4 days ago
God no.
Speaking as someone that communicates primarily through text (high likelihood of Autism) the internet was the first chance a lot of us had to ... speak.. and be heard
I disagree.
People have a need to be heard and understood. That’s half of what we are doing here posting.
Many (“not disabled”) people don’t fit in with their local peer group / society. The internet gave them a way to connect with other like-minded individuals.
Do I need to give examples? Let’s say: struggling with a rare disease.
But on the other end you have genocide triggered by Facebook. You can't speak if you're dead.
Perhaps some of that violence would have happened anyway. I don't know how it all nets out.
Screw the broader population I can speak now dammit!!!!!
there are upsides but I dont know if its net upside. In this particular example, communicating by text - letter writing has existed for millenia and has arguably degraded considerably in this age of instant messaging
Sorry, i know it's a bit "flavour of the month" but I mentioned it because I have a difficulty communicating face to face, which is common amongst a certain group of people, and I figured that mentioning it would help people understand my thinking.
That’s not a problem that generalizes to the broader population. We don’t really need internet.