What silently destroyed society?
Today, I read a Reddit post titled “What silently destroyed society?”, along with the comments left by users in response to the question.
In the top ten comments, the following four were present, collectively raking in over 17000+ upvotes:
- “The obsession with being constantly available. We lost boundaries the moment everyone started expecting instant replies 24/7. It’s exhausting.”
- “Social media”
- “we traded connection for convenience and didn’t realize the cost”
- “Dopamine addiction, not just TikTok or Instagram, YouTube or Reddit are also a time sink, and no, it's not better because of "high quality content", or "I watch only meaningful things", I think we all watched a "how is X thing made" video at 3AM and went "why did I do that" after that.”
Each one, in my opinion, is either partially or entirely a result of the mass adoption of smartphones.