Subj : Re: Old Geek Thoughts...
To   : seeLive
From : McDoob
Date : Thu Dec 30 2021 20:30:07

 se> I have a really hard time with social media and how it is being
 se> abused to take advantage of consumers and their data. I think we are
 se> seeing the beginnings of the technological revolution starting to
 se> deteriorate in some ways... I don't think it will ever really end, just
 se> morph into various new directions... but, this abuse really has to stop.

I agree, mostly.

Big players, like 'Alphabet' and 'Meta' are definitely making a fortune from
'targeted advertizing'. But this isn't the 'technological revolution' any
more. That ended more than twenty years ago...This is the 'information age'.
Silicon is cheap. Data is priceless...

In some ways, the 'information age' has done more than the 'technology age':

Nobody in the 90's (except Roddenberry) could even imagine a computer that
fits in everyone's pocket! Don't forget the advancements in electricity
storage, either! LiPo literally would not exist, if not for the 'information
age'. 

To be clear, if given the choice, I would gladly part ways with vital
portions of my anatomy for the chance to reverse the direction of time!

I mean, it's not like I'm usin' em, anymore! (^_^)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
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