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Push, pull doesnt matter at this stage. Netflix and YouTube and HN etc are neither, and look at the attention they capture.

People think they can regain control. The majority wont.

Their brains have been trained for decades now to chase clicks/upvotes/views/likes and followers as if these rules are Newtons Laws or something. Different parts of the brain now are totally fubar, as in once you have been writing with your right hand for 15 years, the brain cant just, over night, rewire large chunks of the network to use your left hand. Its takes lot of discipline and most people dont have it.

Probably have to write off a generation or two before things change. Look at netflix, now that they are hitting the upper bounds of attention capture using video, they predictably move to games and shorter vid formats like tiktok to keep capturing more attention.

They have fucked up a whole generation with an endless supply of rewards and to keep people glued. And given the billions being raked in every hour they have won.




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