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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’

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Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’

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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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The expert from the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) warns that overexposure to screens from an early age can have a negative impact on health
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    Everything’s a tool, you can hit a nail with a hammer or crack your own head its how you use it and not the tools problem unless its specifically made for doing an evil thing like the evilinator or somethin . also being a neuroscientist doesn’t instantly make anyone right people like to spread their opinions as facts because they have some kind of authority so don’t be sheep and use your own head sometimes which most people clearly don’t do as we can see in the upvotes.

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      its how you use it and not the tools problem unless its specifically made for doing an evil thing like the evilinator or somethin

      Okay, but hypothetically speaking, what if internet applications were designed to be addictive?

      Hell, what if highly functional tools were deliberately degraded as a means of increasing monetized interactions?

      being a neuroscientist doesn’t instantly make anyone right

      Constantly telling my doctor this, whenever she provides me with medical advice on my splitting headaches and nose bleeds.

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        Constantly telling my doctor this, whenever she provides me with medical advice on my splitting headaches and nose bleeds.

        You know thats not what I meant .

        Okay, but hypothetically speaking, what if internet applications were designed to be addictive?

        Hell, what if highly functional tools were deliberately degraded as a means of increasing monetized interactions?

        The evilinator thing was a phineas and ferb reference .

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