Hoss “Cyber Jester” Delgado on Nostr: I feel like I haven't punctuated this point enough, and it deserves to be hammered on ...

I feel like I haven't punctuated this point enough, and it deserves to be hammered on further because I think all these delusional warped "aspirations" people have in the currentyear have already set shit in motion that's going to lead to a bunch of fucked up shit in the coming decades which we won't be able to stop. More kids aspire to be YouTubers or Twitch streamers than astronauts now, and while both goals are similarly unlikely to be fulfilled, there's a very important distinction between them. A kid who wants to be an astronaut will very likely not actually become one, but that dream can lead him down many paths that lead him to be a fulfilled, productive adult. A kid who wants to be an e-celeb will also very likely not actually become one, but it's also a dream that has very little substance. There are not many paths that the aspirational e-celeb will be led down that will lead to an adult that lives a healthy, productive existence. The astronaut aspiration leads to utility, the e-celeb aspiration is like dreaming of winning the lottery and spending your entirely life playing scratch-offs.

quoting nevent1q…al5t

And yeah, I get it, aspirations and all that. But people don't aspire to anything that's even in the same fucking galaxy as what their reality is going to be anymore. There's a difference between being driven and being in a algorithmic-induced delusion.