Individually opting out of acceleration causes social desynchronization costs

Evidence

Whoever individually refrains from using time-saving techniques pays the price of a partial desynchronization: she cannot stay “up to date” and loses opportunities (which potentially become relevant to her later) because, for reasons of time, she must drop out of at least some contexts of interaction. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 437

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Opting out of big-tech tools violates modern social norms — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 538; Individual withdrawal from acceleration carries prohibitive obsolescence costs — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 282; Rational players cannot opt out of social coordination when efficiency requires it — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 370 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Rational players cannot opt out of social coordination when efficiency requires it #corroborates (0.82) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 370