It’s hard to remember 2010-2014 well and it’s freaking me out a bit.
At the time a pretty small subset of the adult population is chronically online. Most people are interacting in comment sections and forums. There’s a common media culture going on (Breaking Bad crossfading with GoT). Some jokes on social media. I have tunnel vision with my immigration process.
When I decided/was forced to stay away from doing everything on a phone, gradually from 2014 to 2017, I noticed the acceleration of phone addiction and overall craziness and how bad it was getting around me. Y’all don’t know.
2020 supercharged the fuck out of this addiction.
Now 2025, 90% of all adults are 24/7 on their phones. We just elected a new president thanks to a massive campaign from a dude who bought a social media network and app.
It looks like it created a pause in people’s minds, but they’re probably already back to scrolling. It’s depressing yet interesting to see where it’s going to go.
2025 is the first year in human history where every single piece of audiovisual can be synthetic and plausible. All kids born today and beyond will have the hardest times to trust anything. Uncharted territories, here we are.
The homies are head down their black rectangles and I have the skatepark to myself. Can’t complain I guess. But man.