If you're on Tik Tok, I bet you have seen those NPC lives because they seem so trendy now...what are your thoughts about them? Is this what people who developed the new technologies, internet and social media had in mind when they started it all. Is this meant to be human evolution? Please, let me know.
It would be unfair to judge human evolution by the most objectionable outliers. (As for whether there really is any human/cultural progress overall, I have no idea.)
I think they're just popular because they're hypnotizing or mind-bending or something. For example, here's an excerpt from Forbes: '“Feeling my brain reconfigure after I watch this for the 30th time,” one user tweeted with a video of popular NPC streamer Cherry Crush.'
As for the people who perform it, I think it's all about the $$$. One person was ingenious enough to discover/invent a goldmine in the realm of psychosocial allure, and dozens of other people followed. Pinkydoll, for example, makes $7000 a day doing it. (Don't know offhand if she was the inventor of it.)
Other than that, what Arthur said.
Tik Tok is not something I've delved into very much. I'd say it's more of a de-evolution than anything else. Social media I think was developed to spy on people. You have people including myself willing giving away our location every time we post. As far as the show offs on there. That's human nature I suppose. We've always enjoyed showing off for 1000 yrs. It's just digital now😁
The fun did last a couple of minutes for me before it became boring and stupid. As I am the proverbial NPC as far as playing games isn't my source of fun I admit the trend is on the same level as sniffing deodorant spray until you faint and win a challenge by this. Human evolution now seems to be to get into the top ranks of the Darwin Awards asap and stay there. Phew. These people are cringe.
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