why is device called device?
the word device now (I feel) is undisputedly and almost always associated with information & communication technology delivery vehicle ie. gadgets - like tablets, smartphones, TVs and computers everything else that give access to well, digital contents.
because vice as a base word itself means bad habit, weakness in character, or immoral/wicked behavior. Like addiction, greed, gluttony etc. And usually the prefix 'de' indicates an action of reversal or undo or like a downward motion . Like de-escalate or de-forestation or decrease etc.
But device makes the entry barrier to vices a lot lower, if at all. no?
Now people can get exposed to all kind of vices much easier, and the fact that the hedonist & nihilist media peddling certain agendas force-feeding vices in all shapes or form through all device mediums didn't help at all.
I don't have the statistics but pretty sure that people pre-device have much less or simpler vices compared to when people all got these devices to access whatever.
just a rando post.
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