I got off of Facebook in 2013 and haven't been back on social media outside of going on Reddit once every couple of weeks since then. Lately, it seems like the people I know who love TikTok and Facebook and Instagram or whatever are just... different. They don't seem to be thinking clearly or something. It's freaking me the F out, and it's making me (even more) paranoid about what this shit is doing to our brains. Is anyone else experiencing this, or am I just a nutter?

I love math and the creative possibilities that computers enable. However, as I pursue the field of AI, computer music, and related fields more and more, I am increasingly at a crossroads. I want to work for a company that uses technology to decrease the presence of technology in our lives. That is, I want to write code, build, create, develop, etc. without coding, building, creating, developing things that increase the automation, superconvenience, or amount of technology use in our lives. Does anyone know of (tech) companies that have luddite principles?

when you started your journey, how did you manage to quit addictive habits like youtube?

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www.luddite.com

Hi, you know those maps, that are in the outdoor, that can be used to....to....find places. They're good. So you don't necessarily need a GPS all the time.

Hi! I’m hoping someone here has experience with this. I’m looking for help ditching my smartphone in place of like a old flip phone. Im not really that attached to my iphone, honestly i really hate it, i think it’s stolen a lot from me. Ive been wanting to ditch it for YEARS, but I can’t seem to find a good alternative. Whenever I look online for non-smart phones, they just give me more touchscreen bullshit that just doesn’t have the power of iphones. Thats not what I want. Is it still possible to switch to an old motorola razor or a blackberry; any mid-2000s cellphone? I heard something about blackberry shutting down their servers or something (I honestly don’t know the terminology lmao) and I’m not sure if sim cards are still compatible with them. Does anyone know how to go about this? Im turning 24 in a week and would really rather not take my iphone into this chapter. Love <3

Is there any Discord server on this topic?

It's very dirty because I'm not used to making spray paintings, and my stencils were very bad. But I wanted to make something to hang up my wall, and I'm very proud of it.

I think most people know about Neo-Luddites because of people like Ted Kaczynski, and he was pretty fervently against industrial society and the technology that arose from the industrial revolution. Do you guys hold similar ideals or are you against "modern technology" such as the Internet, smartphones, and that kind of stuff?

I'd also like to know why you feel this way. Do you care about the negative effects technology has on the environment, or do you care more humanity and look at tech as something that is harmful to people?

https://www.businessinsider.com/when-your-ai-says-she-loves-you-2023-10?international=true&r=US&IR=T

If so, how would I go about this?

Making this post absolutely terrifies me. I am an extremely curious person and every idea that pops into my head, I feel inclined to google it immediately. If that weren't bad enough, I am in my last year of undergrad and am unsure how it would be possible to be low tech when one of my classes is a web class!!! Currently, I am looking for a phone that meets my standards (need waze and a banking app, no web browser) preferably on a flip phone that's on my network (ATT).

I find it harder and harder to have any sort of limits with the tech that I currently have. A cellphone, a tablet and TWO laptops. And my usage gets worse when I am feeling unwell. There are no boundaries. There is no self control. My brain just leaks out of my skull and im so TIRED of feeling controlled by it. I wish I were one of those people that could just monitor it and only do it a little. I really am not.

I'm sad. It's completely overwhelming me. And watching its effect on other people, people that I love is just crushing.... My godmother lays on the couch every night from 6pm on...... "painting" and using facebook and sending me links and listening to videos on full volume and it just goes on and on. When I ask her something, she gets a monotone voice. We watch something and have to rewind a billion times because she's missed something. Jesus Christ, what's HAPPENING?

good or bad idea? i hate how everyone is so dependant on technology