I have two trains of thought on this. The first is naturally occuring vs man made. Stones are naturally occuring, bricks are not. While we as a species have always made shelter, there is something “unnatural” about modern homes with glass windows, running water, steel beams etc.

The second is natural vs synthetic. GMO’d food, hydrocarbons etc. I think the biggest difference to me regarding this is around how long we’ve been exposed to the substances. We’ve been exposed to certain foods and chemicals (from plants etc) for 100,000s of years and so our bodies handle them well. Our bodies haven’t adapted to things like polymers, microplastics or high fructose corn syrup, which is why these “unnatural” chemicals are considered bad.

This. Look at facebook (although I know the “upvotes” aren’t anonymous)

All of the jokes in this thread stopped being unique the moment they were posted here

You sure sound certain about the future

Hostel shower (This’ll do)

Does it feel spiritual? Then it was.

Same

Embrace, extend, exterminate

In a way this is how billionares live

I like this

I think it’s a much better approach than the “hurr durr zuck bad” sentiment here. You don’t have to be a power user, see if it can add value to your life and how, then go from there.

No, but that’s not the point. Mobile phones and apps are specifically engineered to draw your attention as much as possible. Children are especially vulnerable to distractions, and so to me it makes sense to serverely limit their usage in the classroom.

Not everything has to be as black and white as “stop”. A step in the right direction is a good one.