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stackghostyesterday at 5:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

>USE the internet, don't to let it use YOU.

There are several multi-billion dollar enterprises who spend all day every day trying to make their products more addictive (in your words, using YOU).

It's unlikely a meaningful number of people can pull themselves off of the dopamine treadmill by their bootstraps.


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ameliusyesterday at 6:58 PM

If enterprises can do that, then so can evil state actors. The only conclusion is that we have to shut down the internet.

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bavellyesterday at 6:03 PM

It's not that they can't per se, they just don't care that much.

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