Comments by "D. von N." (@D.von.N) on "Then & Now" channel.

  1. Well, it depends. LIke any coin it has its pros and cons. Sad that kids are grabbed by the virtual space too early, before they develop critical thinking skills... but looking at million adults, many don't have those skills in their 30s and onwards... I personally am glad I live in this era of internet. Living some 30 years ago I would probably have a very different, and less satisfying life, intellectually-wise, also creatively, etc. So many resources, inspirations, knowledge out there... each to their own.
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  2. A point to the point at 47:04 - I socially signify to others that I am perfectly happy with my old jacket I had for like 12 years now, slowly falling apart, applied two iron on patches on parts where stitching gave up and don't give a 💩 what others think of me. I can afford dozens of these jackets (if they still made them, which they don't and I stuggle to find an equivalent with all those useful pockets in and out), but I stick to this one and let others think I am so poor I need to mend my clothes instead of buying new ones. I have been having my mobile phone while it was working, my two previous ones crashed with the update of OS and I bought older models just because they still used the standard jack for headphones I already had. I cannot name the family of Kardashians, but I know what the proton is made of, just out of interest.
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  3. One thing I have realised (not finished watching yet) is that by globalisation and industrialisation, where masses have access to the modern perks, thanks to the technologies more people can express themselves, build their knowledge and skills and contribute with their talents to further up the entire whirl of progress. In the past only the wealthy and limited number of people could offer their talents and expertise and the development was slow, limited to certain areas. Today even a poor boy somewhere in subsaharan Africa can share his art in some way, inspiring many others on different parts of the globe, almost instantly. More genius brains are spotted and put in use. Coding has been widely promoted for many years now, which wouldn't be possible without widespread use of computers. The sad part is that we go out less, don't appreciate good weather and fresh air, we suffer more with stress and mental health issues... something people of the past didn't suffer as much.
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  4. Almost any content hidden by a paywall on some news outlets can be found free on other sites. Their loss that they don't let people read their website. And those whose cookies you don't agree to and they don't let you read their pages I always say (to Healthline particularly): go fcuk yourself. So many other sources I can find the info I am looking for. As per scientific journals... well, it costs more money to produce research and publish it than just write some silly blog or news article. People with legitimate interest, like officially studying the subject, can access the content via their institutions.
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  5. Also regarding the cancel culture: how ironic that it is used by those wanting to ban books portraying inconvenient part of their history. They literally want to erase the consciousness from our minds and replace it with whatever garbage they come with, trying to make the masses belive it. And, sadly, masses follow, like sheeple. Believing secret knowledge nobody wants you to know is very in. But the woke is a dirty word nowadays. They appeal to us to 'wake up', but not to be woke. You cannot make this up.
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  6. Woke is a word the right wing uses because they cannot spell consciousness.
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