how long until established societies reject technology and opt for a simple life?

[iTunesBrah]

does anyone else think the next 20-30 years will be quite damning in exposing the effects of social media and over exposure to technology on individuals from young age through to adult life. I think we are already seeing a generation in decline, lack of motivation, passion or desire to grow.

Im curious how long until we start to see pockets of individuals from established 1st world economies opt to take a step back from the use of technology etc. Forming societies which live a more simple and nomadic life. Nothing too basic but more in line with say 2005-2012. Kids using school books again instead of ipads. Board games instead of mobile games. Office working instead of WFH. Etc etc.

[Kiop]

tech is killing the
econonmy, with other
factors like extreme efficiceny
we are on a verge to prolapse then collapse
of the greatest ass fukery

[elterrible987]

never, the elites have hijacked technology to increase their control, destroy the middle class and make us permanent serfs.

[dingler]

It's just going to get worse and worse. It will get to the point where technology completely takes over and anyone who rejects it will be see as part of the problem and will be ostracized from society.

[Maestro]

There were a couple of groups on social media trying to get multiple young couples to get together to buy large amounts of acreage to build houses to live on. The idea is that they would share the land and one family would grow crops and another would raise animals (chickens) and they would self-sustain themselves... but i'm not sure if anyone pulled the trigger on that venture yet.

[crupiea]

Not sure if people will have a big come to jesus moment about it but they are realizing that a lot of this shinese stuff follows a fairly simple pattern.

You can get from the dirt cheap junk up to nicer stuff like cars but they all seem to just strap on more useless tech for the hell of raising the price.

Once people realize this more and more they will opt for simpler versions to save money and potential issues

Look at electric cars. Thousands of electric features nobody wants or cares about, They are one update away from not working at all.

The perfect example of this is Fisker. They threw every stupid thing they could at these things and still no one bought them. Now they cut the price in half and still cant sell them.

If you do buy one there will be zero tech support. Its like buying a 35k chinese knockoff computer that will never get any updates and hoping it lasts 10 years and nothing goes wrong with it.

[Ironmanlet]

If technology were applied correctly we could completely eliminate the need for human labor.

What an amazing environment that could facilitate. Some real Garden of Eden type chit.


We should be working to strive for that.

never, the elites have hijacked technology to increase their control, destroy the middle class and make us permanent serfs.

This in combination with the fact we are all ignorant pussies will prevent that from ever happening.

[ninetynine8]

never, the elites have hijacked technology to increase their control, destroy the middle class and make us permanent serfs.

i don't know about that

covid awoke many. you only need a certain % of the population to be ready to fight to overthrow the government

[theraskal]

look at societies which are less advanced......do the people in more advanced societies really want to go back to living like that?

[JackyChin]

Many societies throughout history have done this. The problem is, when you set your technological clock back 20-200 years, you're virtually guaranteed to lose the next war. For that reason most of those societies are eventually conquered and erased.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Expedition

[buwbs]

Most retards without good jobs don’t have the mental capacity to start fighting the elite, they can’t even start a business and profit

When the people who still earn good money start to see the value plummet chits goner hit the fan

Pissing clever people off is not good srs DED fkn srs

Some industrys are being decimated on purpose its only a matter of time before its too late to fix

[JustiNtense]

I just beat Cyberpunk and i want to join the nomads.

[JayJ350]

I think it's already starting. Technology overload has become a thing and a lot of people are wanting to pursue a more simple life.