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Phil Deschaine's avatar

Really love this quote: "What we need are clear, specific, and realistic plans of action. And the neotoddlers, being impulsive short-term thinkers, have only broad demands but no rational way to achieve them."

It feels like practicality and pragmatism have been on the decline from society for a while now. This trend didn't start with the smartphone, but the smartphone certainly made this worse.

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

Phil, I couldn’t agree more.

The decline in practicality and pragmatism is noticeable, and while it didn’t start with smartphones, they’ve definitely amplified it. It's like we've become more focused on instant reactions and broad demands, but less on thoughtful, actionable plans.

It’s a real challenge in today’s world, where impulsiveness often overshadows careful, rational thinking.

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Phil Deschaine's avatar

Did an LLM write this?

It's not about "careful, rational thinking" at all.

It's about accepting the bad with the good, understanding tradeoffs, and making the best bad decision. It's about being willing to be imperfect.

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

No.

S.O.L did. But to your points, thank you for the lesson.

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Phil Deschaine's avatar

Sorry, I was a little mean there.

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sol s⊙therland 🔸's avatar

Love the rawness.

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