Look, as an American technophile and web services developer, it would be the best thing for us. Just turn the Internet off. It was a bad fucking idea. Force people to interact with the people around them instead of self-selecting their social circle.
The internet wasn’t a bad idea, we just somehow failed to see how letting billionaires seize the reins of a new global media empire could go badly - despite it being a story as old as time by now…
I guess it comes down to how much is manipulation of algorithms and how much is just human nature. I don’t know the answer to that but I’m feeling pretty cynical right now.
Look, as an American technophile and web services developer, it would be the best thing for us. Just turn the Internet off. It was a bad fucking idea. Force people to interact with the people around them instead of self-selecting their social circle.
They’re not going to shut it off, just silence anything but their own views.
The internet wasn’t a bad idea, we just somehow failed to see how letting billionaires seize the reins of a new global media empire could go badly - despite it being a story as old as time by now…
I guess it comes down to how much is manipulation of algorithms and how much is just human nature. I don’t know the answer to that but I’m feeling pretty cynical right now.