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The best podcast, the only podcast!

And with a TOTW discussion this time, what a treat, nice!

I like the nuance in the convo and cannot fault it for not containing what was outside of its scope.

When discussing the internet, usually it’s from a user and and application perspective and the pros and cons are examined in terms of that.
The worlds that cease to exist and that are no longer possible are not considered. Opportunity cost of time spent has raised across the board because of the internet, but the opportunity cost of the internet itself and of our whole current civilization is not calculable. Such a phrasing is practically nonsensical. We don’t retroactively have a choice in changing the origins of a path dependent macro trend. We can make value judgements and say how do we like it or not.
Is there an inverse relationship between the amount of internet connected devices and biodiversity?
In the same way a meat eater finds it acceptable to farm animals to eat them, an internet user finds all the other death and suffering that enables it to function. For those against work, can internet and computers exist without work, without mining or the garbage collection and processing that’s part of the life cycle of those mass produced products. “Turn off your TV!” lasted very shortly as a slogan, anyone telling people to logoff is laughable nowadays, seen as too much too ask and unreasonable. Few jobs would require you to watch TV but now nearly all jobs require you to have internet. In many ways internet is the apotheosis of civ.
I could say more nonsense but i got tired for now.

Wow, chorus singing KT...well well, I certainly enjoy it more in that format...