Something I read recently that made me pause -

Something I read recently that made me pause -

Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the local newspaper. It’d take an hour, tops, out of their day. 1 hour out of 16 waking hours, or 6%. The rest of the day was spent making, creating value, conversing with others — 94%.

Desires were simple — work for food and housing and a way to get around, find love, raise kids, build something great, fight for justice for your peers, see the world.

Today, the average person spends 8 hours a day consuming digital media. 50% of our waking hours. What happens to the world when people spend half their time watching other people?

When their thoughts of themselves and of the world and their desires are now shaped by taking in other’s experiences 50% of the time, up from living their own lives for 94% of their time?

I think that’s an enormous question that anyone building a software product should ask themselves.

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Trying to bring back my old habit of posting #newsbits - learning something new and sharing it for everyone else daily