All this electronics doesn't make us much happier imho anyways. Just over-stimulated. Dopamine dependant... Where more people become less productive because of it.
Yes, but...damnit, MAXX.
I know you're right. But just to grab my brand new sleek phone in its nice sleek box with holographic writing...and all for $129 CAD with basically an unlimited monthly plan for $25. Had you told me that this sort of technology - literally a portable computer with unlimited wireless/portable internet - was going to exist before I turned 40, I wouldn't have believed it.
You are right about it all amounting to a temporary chemical release though...but I can't help but think I wouldn't have been in such a good mood this week had I not bought this cool gadget.
Sort of like how a kid feels at Christmas, but to a lesser extent.
I suspect most of what I'm looking at in my bedroom right now was made in China - the frames of the pictures of my kids on my walls, my trophies from the local contests I've done, the laptop I'm using right now, the fan that I haven't needed to turn on so far this year, etc.
The low price that China produces these goods for simply cannot be compared to anything else.
Not to say you are wrong, of course. And not to say that such levels of production do not come at a cost. Check out any of the three documentaries below.
MADE IN CHINA: The Factory of the World [DOCUMENTARY]:Chinese Fake Trillion Dollars Counterfeiting Business [DOCUMENTARY]:[EDIT: I just realized that the documentary below,
"Death by China", narrated by Martin Sheen, is only available on YouTube for purchase. Worth paying for though, IMO, or if you can watch a copy elsewhere, I would say to check it out.
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Another good documentary on Chinese manufacturing and production.
I feel like I owe the Chinese for much of my quality of life, LOL. Although I would retract that if my 2-year-old little girl lost her life to COVID-19, or my 87-year-old grandmother.
