• nyan@lemmy.cafe
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    Part of the problem here is that too many people live to work, instead of the other way around. Once they retire, they have no idea what to do with themselves and take the least-effort path to occupy their time. Which makes them perfect targets for the addictive aspects of social media.

    Maybe what we need to do is flood Facebook and Instagram and all the rest with material about the rewards of volunteering for charity.

    (Sometimes I’m almost thankful my mother is a technophobe.)

    • cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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      The problem is that their only connection to the world is electronic. The generation before would go to bridge clubs and the VA. They just talk to some Russian disinformation bot on facebook and it takes the place of socializing.