the way most people use the internet IS lower consciousness.
its the same as TV, junk food, alcohol, drugs....
for many people these lower consciousness activities are just about pleasuring themselves.
that little hit of dopamine when you get a like on facebook is no different to that little hit of dopamine when you get poked by a drug, a sugar, a moment in watching sport....its the same sh^t.
the good news is that the rewards for people who can bust out of this lower consciousness are SOOO CRAZY.
the levels you can go to are SOOO HIGH because literally almost no one is competing with you nowadays.
the internet is used by most people to just "pleasure themselves" (witness porn ) and when you just pleasure yourself you have no evolutionary pressure to grow.
why would you grow when your reptilian brain says "its all good".
and governments cant get re elected without pandering to the voters and also "pleasuring the electorate".
so IF YOU CAN PUT THE EVOLUTIONARY PRESSURE ON YOURSELF, the skys the limit baby.
you can get up that narrow road to success because there is hardly any traffic on it.
the levels you can reach if you have some passion, drive, grit , guts and determination are incomprehensible to fat steve sitting on the couch with his fat wife.
The internet is the new drug that will make people lazy.
along with socialism which is a drive to the bottom.
both will lead to mediocrity .
unplug and go hustle