>>24656978
>My theory is that we are living through a tech revolution, but have to remember the revolution is not what is shown on the tech, but it is the usage of the tech itself. Humans use tools, but the tools change humans. Its a little like McLuhans "the medium is the message".
>>24658255
>I'm developing a theory that the "governing class" have realized that having a population addicted to the internet is not actually good, and they realized the best way to get people off it and back to the real world is to make to as retarded and frustrating as possible.
There's also the "theory of relative maturity" from Arthur Koestler. It basically posits that society does not develop in a linear way towards greater freedom, but regularly lapses back into periods of barbarism and more autocratic methods of governance after the onset of new technologies until the masses have "conquered" and learned to manage these technologies in a way that won't destroy them. That could be happening now with the effect of modern technologies and asymmetric warfare capabilities offered by surveillance states forcing the pendulum backwards.