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croestoday at 12:20 AM1 replyview on HN

I guess he wouldn’t have thought much of social media either


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dwdtoday at 12:40 AM

Yes, he had quite a few things to say. Unfortunately I don't have my ratty bookmarked copy on hand as he wrote some quite prescient ideas that are relatable to our "modern" world.

"We make our happiness dependent on situations outside ourselves and blame others in the process if things don’t turn out well. In all our 'freedom,' we seek one thing: to be able to live without responsibility." probably sums up the Instagram/TikTok generation.