You're not wrong. It started with the Internet but the damn Smart phone made it boom then the pandemic capped it off.

Yep.

I'm gen z and I really want to see what life is like without the internet

It's up to us how to use technology. Recently, I was surprised to have caught up with people (1-on-1 talks while doing exercise together) only to realize we share the same sadness. But being each other's companion certainly helps make us feel better about our own selves and about life and how we face the future.

So yeah, technology is alright. But relying too much and locking oneself in it is basically killing life. So go out. See people. Talk under the stars. Listen to cricket songs. Watch kids fly kites. Those things that are simple and not at all costly, but are infinitely more precious than diamonds.

You're so right. Somehow something change after the Millenium, and then everthing besides technology starting changing drastically after the banks collapsed, that's after the 2008 financial crisis. Nothing is the same since. No more room to do anything like recovering or trying to get back to ones feet

Well put.
In this day and age of emoticons and memes and instant gratification, real personal touch and affection is lost somewhere. It’s hard to find and for many, it’s harder to accept.

In my tradition, the word for friend translates as
"one who guards your heart when you no longer can"

Making any kind of real friendship online is pointless....I tried...I'm done now ...I'll stick to offline people for real friendships

Make that shift yourself, don't wait for instructions or official approval. Technology can be be democratic and liberating . . . but not if we passively accept what we are served as inevitable.

it all starts with logging off.

They traded in the search for genuine love for a load of cheap attention..