"It takes time and iteration to build something meaningful. We’ve created a world that is obsessed with speed and the appearance of value. And in doing so, we’ve lost sight of the things that truly matter. We’ve stopped listening to the people around us, instead focusing on the things we can see, the things we can measure, the things that are obvious."
^beautifully said... I think you'll appreciate this, I recently came across this idea of Dopamine Inequality between the digital world and the physical world. In the digital world, we've gotten so used to being able to swipe away when we see something we don't like but that's not so easy to do in the physical world. This is why people are socializing less IRL and resorting more to their digital devices for entertainment.
Yes! That's a really cool concept, I'll have to dig into that more.
We are definitely enabling escapism as the default option, whether it be ghosting or seclusion or doomscrolling. We feel like we are doing something by separating from "bad" things or consuming information, but it's simply the path of least resistance. The beauty of being human is the ability to pick the path of more resistance when it's important. That's the bit that gets lost, I think.
Really enjoyed this essay Leo!
"It takes time and iteration to build something meaningful. We’ve created a world that is obsessed with speed and the appearance of value. And in doing so, we’ve lost sight of the things that truly matter. We’ve stopped listening to the people around us, instead focusing on the things we can see, the things we can measure, the things that are obvious."
^beautifully said... I think you'll appreciate this, I recently came across this idea of Dopamine Inequality between the digital world and the physical world. In the digital world, we've gotten so used to being able to swipe away when we see something we don't like but that's not so easy to do in the physical world. This is why people are socializing less IRL and resorting more to their digital devices for entertainment.
Yes! That's a really cool concept, I'll have to dig into that more.
We are definitely enabling escapism as the default option, whether it be ghosting or seclusion or doomscrolling. We feel like we are doing something by separating from "bad" things or consuming information, but it's simply the path of least resistance. The beauty of being human is the ability to pick the path of more resistance when it's important. That's the bit that gets lost, I think.