I find it amazing how #RSS and quietly powerful internet spaces and such is dead to most mainstream people.
Longer post later, but for now, my initial thoughts. Is tech detox good and healthy? Absolutely! For the first time, though, I felt like this episode was missing something.
I just listened to the tech won't save us episode about basically detoxing yourself from smart devices/smart phones and it struck me as immensely strange that not once did she mention exploring quiet internet spaces, personal blogs, quiet forums, more intentional apps, such as an RSS reader, to get news, as an example, but digital literacy is at an all time low.
Like I said previously, we all were taught how to use the technology but not have a clue how the technology works so I kinda feel these anti-tech perspectives from folks to be the exact right idea, but there's an air of missing a few points?
Like I get it. Absolutely nobody should learn what XML code is, but like, I found myself thinking, if you read personal blogs, as an example, you'll never get the superficiality found in mainstream journalism. If you use tech to read alternative media, you'll never deal with social media news ever again.
This is the first time I found myself actually thinking like, actually? the best parts of the web are fantastic and nobody is seeing it, at all. Nobody is experiencing it. Nobody's experiencing this fantastic corner of the web.
https://techwontsave.us/episode/278_the_case_for_a_digital_detox_w_casey_johnson #Internet #Tech
