Consume less, create more - TJCX
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Modern technology makes us consumers instead of creators
Consume less, create more Modern technology makes us consumers instead of creators Aug 21, 2019 48 1 Share Like most people, I like to sit on the bus, stare out at the zombies drooling over their phones, and feel smugly superior. I see their bored, lifeless eyes and pity these sheeple whose lives have been ruined in service of Big Tech profits. This lasts for about thirty seconds before I get bored. The guy next to me chuckles at something on Kanye’s Twitter feed. Wait Kanye? I thought he was off Twitter! In seconds my own phone is out, and I’m furiously scrolling through Reddit, looking for f
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