I had a whole bunch of stuff that I typed but then I realized it all comes down to this: You're demanding that everyone be entertaining but forgetting that listening is a form of entertainment too.
So, please don't do what you're advocating, humans have not fundamentally changed; you're going to hurt people.
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Also, dismissing things because they're old is going to ill-serve you, especially as a technologist.
I don't see the harm in reading a newspaper or staring out the window during table conversation, and I don't see the distinction between those and fb or a phone game or image site. If it hurts people, then those people need to toughen up.
Dismissing things because they're no longer relevant has served me quite well as a technologist.
So, please don't do what you're advocating, humans have not fundamentally changed; you're going to hurt people.
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Also, dismissing things because they're old is going to ill-serve you, especially as a technologist.