lemmonade@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•The reason the internet can hook us more than a book is that the internet responds to us. If we get tired, we can dumb down our surfing, but dumbing down what you're reading is harder.
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2 months agoyou can read “dumber” books, but the internet literally responds to you.
it’s unlikely for anything to be in a perfect balance, so if something doesn’t noticably grow, it’s likely that it’s shrinking (which of course is what kills online communites unless they are already large)