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   January 11, 2021

   Jackie Gleason once said . . . ( https://www.inspiringquotes.us/quotes/pToY_dLHnGWzo)

   “I’m no alcoholic. I’m a drunkard. There’s a difference. A drunkard doesn’t like to go to meetings.”

   And in the same way . . . I’m no blogoholic. I’m a bloggard.

   But seriously, net positive or negative? Net positive for some, those who can use it right. Net negative for others, who get time-sucked eyeball-sucked in. There is a lot of good information and pointers to sites and books and etc. full of more good information on the interwebs.

   Suppose a hundred million Americans made a hundred million separate decisions to find some of that good information and apply it in their own lives. They would achieve some good, even if only for their one hundred million separate meatspace analog selves. As long as they don’t get screentime-addicted along the way.

   And a lot of the negativity has been injected into it by the new big Lords of Profitech. Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are propelling the negativity with their dopamine feedback reward amplification amplification amplification hamsterwheel skinnercage. These black hat perpetrators colonized an internet they did nothing to invent or improve.

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