I use ProtonMail, and I was thinking, “Damn, it’s spectacular not being tracked… but hold on a minute. Perhaps less than gmail, but still at all. And what about browser fingerprinting, and cookies, and even fonts!” I ended up in that feedback loop we all end up in. Perhaps ignorance is bliss? What is something you (might) wish you were ignorant of?
Hang on I have a meme for this.
I don’t wish for ignorance, but sometimes I do watch wild creatures and think, “What a life. Find food, find shelter, find partner, lay eggs/babies. Pure biology in control.” Some deep part of me is massively jealous that I can’t give in to what my ancient genes want me to do. Being able to fulfill my basic needs is subject to the whims of capitalism.
Though not having to tolerate parasites and disease without medicine, not having to die right after mating, and having access to modern air conditioning are pretty strong perks of being a human.
I definitely see your thinking. But for me the ability to understand complex ideas such as society and language is way to big of a trade off to be worth becoming any other animal.
It sure makes life harder but I like the way it is. I’m passionate about these subjects and they shape my opinions and the person I am
I don’t have to wish, my friend.
Google has too much power and control. Even if I don’t have power and control of all my data, someone else having that power instead of Google is still preferable to leaving it all in their hands.
Break it up into many small pieces that do not like eachother.
They’re evil, but not so sure giving some to meta to Amazon or similar would be better…
