Does Anyone Else Feel Like They're 'outgrowing' The Internet?

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Plus, once 5G has fully deployed, we can expect to see a lot more people exhibiting hypothyroid / electro-hypersensitivity symptoms. Not good news for us.

I bought Nick Pineault's book on EMF's so he sends me emails every now and then via newsletter. Today I got an email saying he personally knows someone who essentially died of electro-hypersensitivity. This stuff is not a joke. And 5g isn't even deployed yet, which is 10-100x worse than 4G. I say "basically" died of electro-hypersensitivity, what happened was her symptoms were so unbearable she committed suicide over it. Suicide is the ultimate symptom of a disease, so that's why I put the blame on EHS / EMF's. Of course cell phone manufacturers remain adamant that RF is "safe". Makes me angry.
 
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I think this sort of thing may be the reason why there is so much nostalgia for the 1990s.

For many people it is the last decade in which they actually lived proactively, rather than passively staring at screens. They remember the times when they lived in the real world, saving up for CDs and videos and books and magazines, waiting for weekly instalments of their favourite sitcom on television, etc. A less pornographic world as well. That, rather than 9/11, is probably the main reason certain people miss the "simpler" years of the pre-Millennium era.

Whereas anyone nostalgic for the 2000s is probably just nostalgic for earlier versions of YouTube or Facebook, because Internet addiction was already pretty well established by the middle of that decade.
 

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Hey I think our “new toy” has lost all it’s sparkle. That’s a great thing. I think anytime we become nostalgic for times past, that’s a waste of time. That’s dead. Past. Living in that past is a waste of our life, some would rather, but I would not.

I agree with what cirion said, the internet gives me a lot of information that I would not have. But I tend to obsess over it, and right now I’m sitting under my red light listening to House. Having just come back from the chiropractor and a walk after. It’s drizzling in Boston, I used to mind. But now I feel like that’s life in the present. I can’t fight anything, and if it’s rainy it’s rainy, and if i feel sad I feel sad. I watch it. And I don’t get too caught up in it. I am in bliss when I do that. Nothing is wrong with me, and I’m sure of that.

Days go by and that’s fine. I’m not looking to get anywhere. I used to feel pressure to “progress”. I look around me, and realize nobody knows what the f they’re doing. I love that I’m aware of it. Nobody to impress. We’re all in the same boat. The time is now. We should feel content with now. It seems that the internet has made us lose sense of our oneness with others. Selfies and shi*, yuck. All of us are fine; some have severe physical illnesses, but inside us we’re the same. Some are more aware than others of this; and some have a lot of bitterness to get through, maybe they won’t turn towards it. That’s up to them.

Time’s spent with no goal/nothing to do/no progress to be made I think are good. It took me time to realize that everything flows, good and bad . Bad times are not so bad if you stay with them. It actually becomes a joyous thing. Maybe I’m losing it, but I really don’t care what a lot of people think.

The internet has given me a lot; but it’s not real life. And someone before in this thread that said “Ive outgrown real life” I don’t think they are aware of the potential and vastness of “real life”; I think their version of real life is clouded by memories and thoughts of past and future
 
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Days go by and that’s fine. I’m not looking to get anywhere. I used to feel pressure to “progress”. I look around me, and realize nobody knows what the f they’re doing. I love that I’m aware of it. Nobody to impress. We’re all in the same boat. The time is now. We should feel content with now. It seems that the internet has made us lose sense of our oneness with others. Selfies and shi*, yuck. All of us are fine; some have severe physical illnesses, but inside us we’re the same. Some are more aware than others of this; and some have a lot of bitterness to get through, maybe they won’t turn towards it. That’s up to them.

Time’s spent with no goal/nothing to do/no progress to be made I think are good. It took me time to realize that everything flows, good and bad . Bad times are not so bad if you stay with them. It actually becomes a joyous thing. Maybe I’m losing it, but I really don’t care what a lot of people think.

That's what happiness is. Being content in the moment.

Striving to be better, to progress etc. is a sign of anxiety, that you're not enough, that you should be something else, that others have better lives than you, etc.

I struggle with this, but gaining awareness has helped a lot. My sister also mentioned feeling angst when doing nothing. We have been taught to be productive members of the society, not simply happy humans.
 

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I’ve been purposely ignoring any posts about 5G or doing any research for that matter... I know how bad it can get, I just prefer to bury my head in the sand.

It’s weird because I’ve always been into research things....just not this.....

Somebody made a good point about obsessive information consumption with modern day cell phones. I waste so much time reading studies and researching health things... in the process, it’s probably taking years off my life...

Double edge sword that cuts deeply
 

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That's what happiness is. Being content in the moment.

Striving to be better, to progress etc. is a sign of anxiety, that you're not enough, that you should be something else, that others have better lives than you, etc.

I struggle with this, but gaining awareness has helped a lot. My sister also mentioned feeling angst when doing nothing. We have been taught to be productive members of the society, not simply happy humans.

I can't agree with not wanting to progress. Yes being content is important though I agree there, and that part isn't easy for sure. But there's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be the best you can be either.. It's not about being someone else, it's about being the best version of you. The difference is making that distinguishment, rather than trying to progress to be better than someone else because that implies what you suggest - that you're currently not good enough. I believe it is possible to be content and happy as you are while simultaneously striving to be a better, healthier person. Do many accomplish this? No, that's probably why it seems like it isn't possible I suppose. It's definitely true most people like this are perfectionist and not happy with themselves. There is definitely a fine line though for sure between improving yourself and perfectionism. And I admit I haven't necessarily discovered what that line is, but I think I'm closer than I was a few years ago.
 

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Any form of binging can drastically damage our dopamine system. Making our brains less sensitive to stimulus and thus we lose our more subtle emotions and desires. So many children and teens nowadays who are constantly online complain about being numb and feeling nothing.
 
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Any form of binging can drastically damage our dopamine system. Making our brains less sensitive to stimulus and thus we lose our more subtle emotions and desires. So many children and teens nowadays who are constantly online complain about being numb and feeling nothing.

So would a "dopamine fast" be Peaty? Should we strive to live more naturally? I wonder if Peat has ever said anything about moderation.
 

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So would a "dopamine fast" be Peaty? Should we strive to live more naturally? I wonder if Peat has ever said anything about moderation.
I think its sort of outside of his experience and thus his expertise (as he basis many things on his personal experience). Peat seems like the type of guy to have always lived in moderation (regarding pleasure seeking that is), he is also not overly exposed to the internet. He is concerned about EMF's and what not though.
That said It would be hard to find someone who doesn't think people should do things only in moderation.

Regarding dopamine fasts a rather extreme example of this is a vipassana retreat. There are quite a lot of interesting experiences written about it. Nothing so extreme is necessary but I do think the concept of limiting pleasures and any immediate impulses can be very beneficial.
 

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I've been "earthing" a lot lately. Very easy to just get a ground plug and solder 16 gauge (or thicker, or solid) copper wire to a banana plug, and plug the banana plug into the ground plug jack. You can strip the insulation off and simply wrap the stripped wire around one of your fingers. I've been doing this every night at bedtime, and I also have this at my computer. You can also buy or make a copper ring, and solder wire to that. Same thing, just a bit more secure and comfortable. No need for expensive "earthing" products. It's also handy if you're like me and like working on computers and circuit boards, where being grounded is very important so you don't damage sensitive components with static electricity.

Anyway. Hm. The Internet is both a root cause of some problems, as well as symptomatic of problems it's not responsible for. It's an avoid-a-holic favorite. But also creates issues. I didn't grow up with the Internet as a kid. No one had a computer in the '90s unless they were really well off, at least not that I'm aware of, and they were so underpowered you could barely use them for anything anyway.

I grew up playing outside. Despite all the bad things that happened, I have so many good memories of simply playing outside. Cell phones were nonexistent. I remember having a camera I'd take pictures with that I would take to the local drugstore to have them develop the photographs for me. I still have them somewhere. Pictures of my friends and just random shots of nature. Animals.

We used to travel the storm drains underground. Explore. Get lost in the woods. It feels good to remember. But also makes me feel deeply, deeply sad to realize how far away that all seems now. The days where people's attention couldn't be split to anything else. The only place to be was in the moment. No phones, no Internet. Just here and now.

Getting off of Facebook years ago was a game changer for me. I feel like social media is one of the worst offenders. Because it's trying directly to fill a need that can only be filled in real life. The ultimate irony is social media distracting people while they're actually hanging out with someone in real life. Like just completely ignoring them to stare at their phone and talk to someone else who isn't even there.

Maybe that's one reason I've always gravitated to people who are much older than I am. People that came from a time before the Internet and all this crazy technology, whose brains developed in the absence of all this stuff. It is frightening how different they are from younger people, myself included. Much more focused, much more attentive, much more in the moment and much more personal. I've known too many people my age and younger that are almost like zombies, just staring at their phone 90% of the time and you feel like you're not even hanging out with a real person. It's like a hologram or something.
 

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Lately I have tried to make attempts to at least lower my use of technology. I rarely touch my phone the entire time I am at work, or even at home really. I like to go on walks outside during breaks on the trails they have in our parking lot. I am fascinated to see how virtually everyone I walk past is either looking at their phone or actively carrying it. People literally cannot live without their phones! Others if they aren't on their phone are wearing headphones or earbuds, listening to music. A very small % of people weren't using any technology. What's sad is that even outside on the trails other people were still on their phones and not even just trying to turn off from technology for just a few minutes to walk outside.
 

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Lately I have tried to make attempts to at least lower my use of technology. I rarely touch my phone the entire time I am at work, or even at home really. I like to go on walks outside during breaks on the trails they have in our parking lot. I am fascinated to see how virtually everyone I walk past is either looking at their phone or actively carrying it. People literally cannot live without their phones! Others if they aren't on their phone are wearing headphones or earbuds, listening to music. A very small % of people weren't using any technology. What's sad is that even outside on the trails other people were still on their phones and not even just trying to turn off from technology for just a few minutes to walk outside.

Airplane mode is good. Supposedly should shut off all reception and make it harmless. At the very least if you're carrying a phone on you, it should be on airplane mode most of the time. I am guilty of not using this as I've been very lonely lately; ironically, it stresses me out even more to check my phone and find no text messages, no e-mails, no nothing, and then I feel even worse.

Taking solo hikes, or walks, just being alone out in nature, oddly feels much less lonely than sparsely talking to people via my cellphone. It's better to take time to breathe and get centered in one's own emotions. After all, you could have a great, full day with a ton of people you love, and then find yourself alone for a few hours, ruminating about things, feeling lonely and panicking.

So it may not always be a lack of people, but a lack of being in touch with ourselves. It's scary to think of how much time and self development and self knowing has eluded me due to anesthetizing myself with things like porn, videogames, TV, and social media.

And again, the ultimate irony is all these things meant to help ease loneliness can actually be making it much worse. I just hope the new generation wises up, because I fear for myself getting older and being in a world where there are no Baby Boomers left. I actually quite enjoy talking to most of them, and pretty much all of them are detached from technology in a much more significant way than younger people, because they didn't grow up with it.

I first experienced computers and the internet at about 8 years old, but we didn't have a computer at home until I was 14 or 15. Now kids are experiencing high tech devices literally from birth. There is a lot of value to imagination and running around in the woods and making up games using nothing but rocks and sticks. In my neighborhood I never see any of the young kids doing anything outside. When I was growing up, that was all I did. The only fun we ever had was outside playing. There was simply nothing to do inside and I remember being inside at any friend's house feeling very stifling and uncomfortable. I always wanted to go outside and get dirty in the mud and grass and water or snow and ice or whatever, and play. Being inside was like being in a prison cell.

With my Boomer friends, I always feel like they're 100% present. With my friends my age, it's hit or miss. I could say something to them and they won't hear me maybe 50% to 60% of the time, and hear me but not respond because they're on their computer or phone maybe 70% of the time. It is quite depressing and frustrating. It's even lonelier than being completely isolated and in nature, as I said before. I would rather go on a solitary walk or hike and take the nature in than be around someone who's only giving me a fraction of their attention.
 

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Airplane mode is good. Supposedly should shut off all reception and make it harmless. At the very least if you're carrying a phone on you, it should be on airplane mode most of the time. I am guilty of not using this as I've been very lonely lately; ironically, it stresses me out even more to check my phone and find no text messages, no e-mails, no nothing, and then I feel even worse.

Taking solo hikes, or walks, just being alone out in nature, oddly feels much less lonely than sparsely talking to people via my cellphone. It's better to take time to breathe and get centered in one's own emotions. After all, you could have a great, full day with a ton of people you love, and then find yourself alone for a few hours, ruminating about things, feeling lonely and panicking.

So it may not always be a lack of people, but a lack of being in touch with ourselves. It's scary to think of how much time and self development and self knowing has eluded me due to anesthetizing myself with things like porn, videogames, TV, and social media.

And again, the ultimate irony is all these things meant to help ease loneliness can actually be making it much worse. I just hope the new generation wises up, because I fear for myself getting older and being in a world where there are no Baby Boomers left. I actually quite enjoy talking to most of them, and pretty much all of them are detached from technology in a much more significant way than younger people, because they didn't grow up with it.

I first experienced computers and the internet at about 8 years old, but we didn't have a computer at home until I was 14 or 15. Now kids are experiencing high tech devices literally from birth. There is a lot of value to imagination and running around in the woods and making up games using nothing but rocks and sticks. In my neighborhood I never see any of the young kids doing anything outside. When I was growing up, that was all I did. The only fun we ever had was outside playing. There was simply nothing to do inside and I remember being inside at any friend's house feeling very stifling and uncomfortable. I always wanted to go outside and get dirty in the mud and grass and water or snow and ice or whatever, and play. Being inside was like being in a prison cell.

With my Boomer friends, I always feel like they're 100% present. With my friends my age, it's hit or miss. I could say something to them and they won't hear me maybe 50% to 60% of the time, and hear me but not respond because they're on their computer or phone maybe 70% of the time. It is quite depressing and frustrating. It's even lonelier than being completely isolated and in nature, as I said before. I would rather go on a solitary walk or hike and take the nature in than be around someone who's only giving me a fraction of their attention.
I hear ya. The only person really who calls me is my boyfriend. I’m very gregarious (usually) unless I have overdone it on supplements, or possibly looking at myself in the mirror, lol. Some cold caller called me, when I was running errands for work, and I laid it all out for him. Explaining the ways of the (my) world. It was hilarious, he called me a few days later and then I had to block him! Being honest is a breath of fresh air today, and probably every day. He must have a difficult time as a human being in that job. And it was strange, he was connecting with a real individual.

“ruminating about things”: that could be the issue for us all. Thinking, thinking, and more thinking. I only work part-time, so I don’t get up to an alarm, I value that. But I do spend too much time alone. I love working out. But now I’m not going to the gym 24/7. So I have time, my brain is always in motion, so I think. Interestingly, some thoughts are pleasurable and some aren’t. So if I could release the hold they have on me, I really would be free. If society is us as a collective (and I think it is), we can do anything we want to it; as I said we made it. It’s not existing on its own. This could be an opportunity. There’s nothing holding us back, but our minds and perception. Which I suppose is huge. I haven’t tackled or seen through that, but I’m trying.

Maybe technology could be our friend, in small doses. I think it’s too much too fast; and we’re feeling the ramifications of it. Loneliness, anxiety, and with the food others eat, we get the vibes from that anxiousness. Those feelings that we have are strengthened by technology. And maybe there’s a possibility that all of us will change. We need energy from within to do that, and I think thought drains us.

I don’t think those people who are staring into their phones will be that way forever. I was that way, and it was empty. I think that we are to scared of not having a social calendar. I think it’s important to remember that you have the same feelings as me, and I would think others. I try to remember that things will be fine if I’m just myself in the moment, not thinking about what I will say. That’s pretty stale. I kinda know what’s the true thing for me and I just not let my mind lead the way. Sometimes it’s magical.

I don’t know the OP topic is, whoops. But I hope that this gels along with it . Edit: checking, I see it is!
 
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Sure, the Internet can be wildly distracting I certainly feel that way sometimes, especially if I'm not careful and get lost in the Cat Video Whirlpool. But so is much of modern life, in which most Earthians, particularly in The West are conditioned to focus the majority of their lives on "earning a living" instead of thinking how we can harness today and tomorrows technologies to feed, house, and support life for all Earthians so that none of us will have to toil away in a pointless job and be free to pursue whatever interests we want without worrying about paying landlords or working in wage slavery to justify our right to exist as in the Old Model that is Capitalism that will someday likely be obsolete.

Malthusian-Neo-Darwinian Capitalists want us to focus all our efforts on manipulating fiat currencies, exploiting each other as the "haves vs the havenots"and tinkering figures, leading us to erroneously coin this "wealth" when we have our monopoly money and when others don't, as "poor" or "losers." The powers-that-shouldn't-be condition us to think, act and feel this way. They've made us think sharing and abundance are just not practical things, and if you want to "get ahead" in life, you just need to behave like a selfishly intelligent individual. In reality, things are not like that at all.

In fact, this mindest of the haves vs the havenots is that of poverty. Real wealth is having all our essential human needs met on Spaceship Earth with very little machine operating costs to produce them (food, water, shelter, etc). To do more with less and less, until we can do everything with virtually nothing, this was one of go Buckminster Fuller's ideas and I think humanity could benefit from thinking more on that matter.

If we can get ourselves to move more towards fostering abundant life support, we'll be able to spend significantly more time with ourselves and each other, to connect with each other and become wholer, better versions of ourselves, continually exploring ourselves to our best potentials and living in radically new and liberating ways. Some of us already have the luxury of ample free time and not having to work, but real wealth will be when all Earthians will be free to live as they want (provided they don't harm others) and have all of their essential needs met automatically and divorced from the childish notion of having to justify their existence economically.
 
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I even kind of miss the old internet. it had obstacles that prevented us from obsessively checking back at the same junk or looking up random bits of trivia that come up in conversations.

Everybody likes pointing at "social media" as the culprit, but they also ignore the huge gains in RAM and processor speed during the 2000s which are what enabled it in the first place.
 

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I dunno why I'm posting this here. I definitely lurk here more than I post, but I've been lurking here for like seven years now. I guess this place kinda just feels like home to me. And home seems like the right place to share my thoughts.

I'm thinking of taking an indefinite break from the internet. Like, removing it from my house and going to a cafe or something if I absolutely need it. I don't have a smartphone. I don't have any of the usual social media thingies (although I circulate three or four subreddits and this forum). I've taken mini-breaks from the internet before - a week here and there. But for the most part, I feel like I've been staring at a computer screen since the 90s.

And although the internet is an amazing tool for information and communication and yadda yadda yadda, and you can learn anything on it, and watch movies on it and blah blah blah... for some reason lately, I'm just tired of it.

Do I really need to know everything? Do I really even care?

I feel like things on the internet are far too deep inside my circle of concern. Far deeper than things in my physical world that should clearly matter more to me. I'm tired of cycling through the same old things, reiterating things I already know. My threshold for what I find interesting or exciting has become too low: "oh, hey, something that I'm not very interested in, but maybe I could possibly find it interesting, because there's nothing else more interesting in my immediate vicinity". I'm tired of feeding my stream of consciousness into Google. I'm tired of getting a chuckle out of memes. I'm tired of this artificial need to be endlessly entertained.

I'm tired of trying to convince myself that I'm satisfied by the conclusion without the journey.

Refresh...
Refresh...

Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I miss the days when we had dedicated things, like books, and calculators, and watches, and written letters, and TVs, and CDs, and human interaction. Now it's like, everything happens through this one machine. Everything! And anything! And when you had a dedicated thing, it somehow made things more special. Back in the day, you didn't go buy every TV series under the sun, you only bought your favourites - the ones you'd re-watch over and over. You didn't waste your time and money on the rest of them because they weren't special. But now we just zip through something to get on to the next one.

I'm a music/audio production geek. These days, you can just torrent every plugin and virtual instrument under the sun. Click a preset. Next, next, next. But back in the day, you'd spend an assload of hard-earned cash on a fancy new synth. But you spent a lot of money, so of course you'd spend a lot of time with that one thing, getting intimate with it, experimenting with it within the confines of its limitations. There was something really special about that.

I even kind of miss the old internet. It was still available, but it was a hassle. You had to block up your phone line, and it was slow as heck. It wasn't very fancy or colourful, and it had obstacles that prevented us from obsessively checking back at the same junk or looking up random bits of trivia that come up in conversations. Often, you couldn't even find what you were looking for.

I'm getting off into the weeds here. I guess what I'm trying to say is - and I could be wrong, but - I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way lately. I think a growing number of people are getting tired of the internet, but they've spent so much time jacked in that despite wanting to escape, they have a difficult time breaking free from it. This machine doesn't bring me joy, it doesn't tell me anything I really need to know, and it eats up all my time. It makes everything less special. I feel like my life ought to be less 'out there', and more 'right here'.

The internet was introduced to everyone at roughly the same time, and we went through the big internet boom together. And a few decades later, we've seen, frankly, all there is to see. Will we collectively outgrow it?

This might just be my last post here. I'll miss you all.

See you on the other side.

I hate the internet. After spending an average 6+ hours on it for the last 12 years i feel completely exhausted. There is something to be said for INFORMATION overload, I definitly feel like whatever i read on the forums and watch on youtube is old news or reposted ***t. The cure is to take a long break from the internet and then return to it.
 

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I think it would be pretty hard to give up the internet in today's world. It's literally how everyone finds out what is happening in the world. Hardly no one is sitting down and watching the 6 o'clock news anymore, they're all watching Joe Rogan and Pewdiepie. The libertarian culture of the internet has flanked mainstream culture, now we're at the point where Youtube and other big social platforms are having to conduct mass censorship just to try and hold onto the narrative they're selling to the people. So I think the internet is a good idea in practice, it gives people a platform where their voices can be herd, even after big tech started the censorship. Like any free market system, there was a demand for free speech platforms, now that demand is being filled by the rise of alt platforms like brighteon, which host some of the most controversial voices out there, like Alex Jones who was previously censored off all other platforms. So the internet is an unstoppable monster, even for big tech.

The one area of caution in regards to the internet, is the fact it can be one huge spy grid for governmental agencies. But there's both basic and advanced steps people can take to combat against this. The basic steps would be obvious things like not using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any social media platform that requires you to put detailed information about yourself on the web. Intermediate steps to take against the spy grid would be ditching internet explorer, chrome, edge, and safari for privacy oriented browsers like firefox, and using search engines like duckduckgo instead of google. Advanced steps would be getting rid of Microsoft and Apple and using open sourced software like Linux and BSD. Not having smart phones, use Tor network, only use cash and crypto (bitcoin, monero), etc. The OPSEC rabbit hole goes deep, how deep you want to go is up to you. If you're a privacy activists, controversial journalist, or a international criminal you probably want to go all the way. Normal people, just staying off Facebook can be the difference between night and day.
 

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I think it would be pretty hard to give up the internet in today's world. It's literally how everyone finds out what is happening in the world. Hardly no one is sitting down and watching the 6 o'clock news anymore, they're all watching Joe Rogan and Pewdiepie. The libertarian culture of the internet has flanked mainstream culture, now we're at the point where Youtube and other big social platforms are having to conduct mass censorship just to try and hold onto the narrative they're selling to the people. So I think the internet is a good idea in practice, it gives people a platform where their voices can be herd, even after big tech started the censorship. Like any free market system, there was a demand for free speech platforms, now that demand is being filled by the rise of alt platforms like brighteon, which host some of the most controversial voices out there, like Alex Jones who was previously censored off all other platforms. So the internet is an unstoppable monster, even for big tech.

The one area of caution in regards to the internet, is the fact it can be one huge spy grid for governmental agencies. But there's both basic and advanced steps people can take to combat against this. The basic steps would be obvious things like not using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any social media platform that requires you to put detailed information about yourself on the web. Intermediate steps to take against the spy grid would be ditching internet explorer, chrome, edge, and safari for privacy oriented browsers like firefox, and using search engines like duckduckgo instead of google. Advanced steps would be getting rid of Microsoft and Apple and using open sourced software like Linux and BSD. Not having smart phones, use Tor network, only use cash and crypto (bitcoin, monero), etc. The OPSEC rabbit hole goes deep, how deep you want to go is up to you. If you're a privacy activists, controversial journalist, or a international criminal you probably want to go all the way. Normal people, just staying off Facebook can be the difference between night and day.


Agreed with everything you just wrote.
 

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Twitter is a hell hole. Smartphone apps even worse, TikTok is turning straight people into transexuals and homosexuals. I spend vast amounts of time on the internet but when I gave in to TikTok I swear my life was crashing down on me. lol. I became practically suicidal one night after watching TikTok for like 3 hours. Never again! I feel very bad for younger people who have no self control over that stuff. I think it's designed to destroy the weak.
 

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