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also, another lesson that i truly genuinely believe and am not exaggerrating -
i really truly and honestly think that a large number of people have suffered or are currently suffering nervous breakdowns due to our transition into digital capitalism. i really believe that particularly older people who are forced by their jobs to deal with it are at risk of going fucking bonkers. they are facing a scarcely fathomable abyss of complexity which their nervous systems are not used to and they are crashing awkwardly into it using obsolete strategies. they are at heart frightened and confused and know they can't cope.
the good side of this is that you can help them and if you find businesses that aren't doing the internet properly you can rescue them to a certain extent. some people can sort of accept their inability and deal with it but others can't and they are paralyzed by it. they are stuck in a weird kind of stasis.
i can think of two specific people over 35 that i believe digital capitalism has been a significant factor in causing nervous breakdowns and mental illness. they could have continued their work if time was frozen and there were no computers or at least no internet. but when they were forced to transition into a world where these things exist they lost the plot
i see old people on a regular basis who have been scammed over the phone or internet and paid fake antivirus or microsoft support guys shitloads of money. soon the banks will stop automatically refunding them.
old people cannot deal with this shit and they are causing MASSIVE economic stasis
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