Subj : Re: Old Geek Thoughts...
To   : McDoob
From : GeekWisdom
Date : Sun Jan 02 2022 09:06:39

-=> McDoob wrote to seeLive <=-

 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.

 Mc> I agree, mostly.

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

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

I like your distinction of ages!

The problem is not the technology, and the fact that anyone can 'produce' at
low cost
these days is amazing. Though much of it is not particularily 'high' quality
material.

The idea of this whole 'information age' is to share thoughts, and ideas across
the 
globe. To bring people closer together in the spirit of mutual cooporation. To
learn
more about others and expand our own horizons

But today it is a "look at me" system. It is geared towards everyone trying to
become
'famous' or 'viral'. There are simply too many 'producers' of silly content and
too
many consumers without much (any?) critical thinking skills.. INMO

.... Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored - Aldous Huxley
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