Celes 🌙 on Nostr: a recurring thought I keep having is that most people are being held hostage by "the ...

a recurring thought I keep having is that most people are being held hostage by "the algorithm" and technology in general, and that this sort of stuff is isolating us

you know when you're in some sort of group conversation, and some sort of question comes up? paraphrasing the hello world of slop cultists, "why is the sky blue?"

that's not a competition. it is not even about knowing the answer. it is about having a fun time theorising together, fusing our shared and incomplete experiences and being social

don't be the person who immediately reaches out for a search engine to look up the answer, the answer was never the point! we all know you have an overpowered calculator on your pocket

but that's not the point I wanted to post about, that's just a semi-related tangent.

the thing is, something similar happens with music and media recommendations in general. people are being held hostage by the algorithm in ways they don't realize, and the way we break out is by being social