Indeed, in a natural state, that could have been the case. My idea was that when reading about the many different forms relationships took in early (pre-civilization) tribes, chances increase that the reader starts to wonder why we ever landed on monogamy as the default.

A combination of the need for conformity and a limited historical context.

Hmm you might want to check that SSD, nvme did not hit consumer laptops until 2015.

This was briefly touched upon during the Nexus conference, which I was reading about in an article just before browsing Lemmy and coming across this post. Although it offers no answers, it seems relevant as it might deepen the understanding of the problem:

The people financing the AI revolution were already responsible for the expansion of social media, which ruins many lives, says Leahy. Permanent online surveillance via social media makes young people afraid to even dance at concerts, says the 30-year-old software developer. The algorithms of dating apps have also turned the dating scene into a messed-up place. None of his friends have children, and everywhere he looks, he sees “dejected” peers. “My generation realizes that the promise of ‘let technology run free and everything will be fine’ is not true.”

The original article was in another language, no other paragraphs were relevant, so source has been omitted. Feel free to ask though, I’ll share (a translation of) the article.

Judging by his behavior during the First International, I reckon he would have approved of Lenin’s vanguard and applauded the rise of the Stalinist empire.

Switching my main PC to nixos from fedora atomic sway. The sway config tripped me up last time, this time I’ll succeed! (I hope)

EndeavourOS fits this description. Essentially an arch installer with nice DE theming.

I signed up for a plan over at ente.io a couple of years ago, has been smooth ever since. Great app, great sync, I don’t self-host but I believe they offer that option.