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He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over

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128 points wallflower | 2 comments | 07 Dec 25 16:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.443s | source
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compounding_it ◴[12 Dec 25 06:21 UTC] No.46241382[source]▶
>The world is a much kinder, nicer place than it often seems.

I realize that a lot these days. People are not inherently so bad but greed is a nasty drug that has the potential to ruin the best.

When you have nothing to offer but kindness and compassion, it is very simple to see the humanity side of things in this world and it can feel really amazing.

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Panzer04 ◴[12 Dec 25 07:12 UTC] No.46241637[source]▶
Idk, people are usually nice in my experience. News, forum opinions and youtube videos are not remotely representative of how things work in real life.
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keepamovin ◴[12 Dec 25 07:48 UTC] No.46241835[source]▶
Why do you think that is? The reality distortion field of the internet I mean
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mmsimanga ◴[12 Dec 25 08:23 UTC] No.46242014[source]▶
Not OP and not an expert but seems the aim is outrage which leads to more engagement and more advertising clicks, more followers and so on. Distorting news and social media from reality. I must say I too have found that people are nicer than what news portrays. I had the pleasure of being able to visit New York a few years and the people were just people and pleasant.
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1. keepamovin ◴[12 Dec 25 08:56 UTC] No.46242199[source]▶
That's a good point, that optimization thing. Sort of "algorithmically driven mad" or bad! Ha. Could be happening. It's why it's important to disengage right? From the loops of brain hijacking/hacking. A quieter internet, for a more civilized age.

That reminds me, I'm making a text-based terminal browser. It might achieve that! Haha :)

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2. mmsimanga ◴[12 Dec 25 10:09 UTC] No.46242625[source]▶
Absolutely. I have social media accounts primarily to view links people send me but I am not an active user. A quieter world works for me.