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1. zkmon · 1790760118 · focus · HN ↗

   Blame too much connectedness. Humans are not designed to be affected by things that happen 100's of miles away. They shouldn't even know the names or those far away places or people. They shouldn't have dependency on things that are produced far away.

   Tribal populations lived isolated lives. Most of human life on Earth involved only small-sized settlements with occasional visitors from the far away places.

   Connectedness opens the flood gates . You get inundated with news from every corner as if it is happening in you neighborhood and as if those are your people.

   You are not designed for this.

   1. seizethecheese · 1790781173 · focus · HN ↗

      The civilized world is certainly designed for humans and by humans, though.

      1. zkmon · 1790783330 · focus · HN ↗

         Designed by businesses and for businesses. If there is no business profit, 99% of the connectedness wouldn't be there. 99% of tech wouldn't be there.

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