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date: 2022-08-05 date: "2022-08-05T00:00:00Z"
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title: My (online) Generation title: My (online) Generation
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and I consider them probably my closest friend group; and I consider them probably my closest friend group;
certainly the people I've stayed in contact with for the longest. certainly the people I've stayed in contact with for the longest.
Today (August 2022) I mentioned to them that I've dialed back how often I read the news, Today I mentioned to them that I've dialed back how often I read the news,
and how that's really helped me, and how that's really helped me,
and we came to this sort of group consensus that we're pretty atypical. and we came to this sort of group consensus that we're pretty atypical.
Like, most Americans are only dimly aware of what was going on in Washington Like, most Americans are only dimly aware of what was going on in Washington
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There's a lot more to say about what shaped our world, There's a lot more to say about what shaped our world,
but others have probably written about it more clearly. but others have probably written about it more clearly.
But I feel like, as the world has begun using the Internet more, What I'm trying to point out here is that as the world has begun using the Internet more,
it's probably challenging for highly online people to tease out what "normal" life is anymore. it's probably challenging for us to tease out what "normal" life is anymore.
It's so easy to look at hundreds of millions of people tweeting or posting on Facebook, It's so easy to look at hundreds of millions of people tweeting or posting on Facebook,
and think that represents everybody's day-to-day life, and think that represents everybody's day-to-day life,
because networked computers have been our entire existence for decades. because networked computers have been our entire existence for decades.
I'm not sure it's good for humans to be in contact with millions of other people;
tt least, it's not something we appear to be able to handling gracefully.
Maybe future generations will figure this out,
and it will bring the species together in a way the world has never seen.
We might need that to cope with what's coming in the next hundred years.
But for now,
for people like me who have spent a lot of time online for decades,
it's turning out to be nice to (re)discover smaller communities.

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