Throughout human history, there’s always been a lack of information. Then, somewhere around 2005, there was this brief moment where we had the perfect amount - and ever since, it’s been far too much.
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absolutely, the Iphone was the game changer.
the internet is as useful as it's ever been it just stopped being a physical place you go, the computer, to something you carry with you everywhere as another layer of reality.
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Governments used to want to control the narrative, now they’ll spill out so many narratives that people are overloaded on trying to figure out what is actually true. This has been going into overdrive with machine learning improvements and it’s probably just picking up traction.
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I miss the pre social media internet so goddamn much
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Governments used to want to control the narrative, now they’ll spill out so many narratives that people are overloaded on trying to figure out what is actually true. This has been going into overdrive with machine learning improvements and it’s probably just picking up traction.
Flooding the zone with shit
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I miss the pre social media internet so goddamn much
Social media has existed since BBS. What changed is there’s suddenly big money in it, and virtually no barrier to entry.
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absolutely, the Iphone was the game changer.
the internet is as useful as it's ever been it just stopped being a physical place you go, the computer, to something you carry with you everywhere as another layer of reality.
Before iPhones we had much useful BlackBerries, Nokia with advanced Symbian, some Windows CE/Mobile devices.
Even feature phones had something called WAP, but it was f...ing expensive.Who needs a stylus?
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People born in 2005 will be 20 this year.
STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD, SIR!!!!
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I keep wanting to make a post in shower thoughts asking how the hell other people remember they need shampoo, but by the time I leave the shower I forget both the shampoo and the post.
I got shampoo today, because my husband remembered, and I therefore suddenly remembered the post, though I no longer need it.
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Social media has existed since BBS. What changed is there’s suddenly big money in it, and virtually no barrier to entry.
I miss the pre-"centralized Big Tech" Internet so much.
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Yes you'll cope better with technology you grew up with, but technology is also an exponential cure.
For about 5500 years a guy on a horse was the fastest messaging system, then we went from beeps through a cable to video calls within 200 years. -
Best comment ever.
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Governments used to want to control the narrative, now they’ll spill out so many narratives that people are overloaded on trying to figure out what is actually true. This has been going into overdrive with machine learning improvements and it’s probably just picking up traction.
This is the exact reason using Google to look anything up anymore is insanely more difficult if you don't have the skills to parse through all the different waves of information. No matter what side of the argument you're on Google will guide you into being "right"
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The iPhone came out in 2007. That was the year the worm turned, imo.
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This should be a shower thought
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At some point there was a giant drop in the information-to-bullshit ratio.
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You can turn it off, at least.
I don't use FB, Twitter, TikTok, etc. I use federated social media but federated social media is moderated, has no algorithm, and no ads, so it's a very different experience.
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We got the meteoric rise of Obama, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street from the democratization of information.
It was devastating to the old guard. But then they realized they could use the same tools we'd used to spread information to spread disinformation. Then when people called them on their bullshit, the regular propaganda stopped being the goal.
No longer was the purpose to make us believe what they had to say. It was too make us not believe anything at all. They flooded the world with so much bullshit that nothing seems true anymore, and in the confusion they're openly enacting fascist policies while pretending the news is fake.
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People born in 2005 will be 20 this year.
STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD, SIR!!!!
I recently found out I'm about as old as Java and I still haven't decided if that sounds worse for me or for Java.
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I recently found out I'm about as old as Java and I still haven't decided if that sounds worse for me or for Java.
........wait, when did Java get invented?
