• 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Just sitting here realizing … is the fediverse going to make me smarter?

    I’ve been here a few weeks and instead of watching outrage content that makes me pace around my house, I’ve been listening to podcasts on morality and rationality and taking sci-fi (emphasis on SCI) space tours made by NASA.

    Anyways thanks for posting this. New to me!

    • 🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I had the same thought. There are no algorithms for engagement, there’s minimal political agenda pushing, and nobody is getting monetized for the content they make…

      Is this, home? This feels like the old internet again.

    • IceQuest@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Lemmy is currently overrepresented by more tech inclined peoples who I suppose have less interest in that sort of thing. You can’t scroll very far without something to do with programming or Linux, but honestly I’m not complaining.

    • intelati@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Short answer: yes

      Longer answer: anything that gets you out of your comfort zone will expand your box of interests. Choose wisely your time.