Subj : Re: Book: iMaGoLoGieS
To   : hollowone
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Nov 07 2023 08:05:00

-=> hollowone wrote to osito <=-

 os> Censorship is the polar opposite of what the early pioneers dreamt of.

 ho> Yep, that's the biggest disappointment. Internet turned into
 ho> interactive TV controlled but left/liberal forces on surface level,
 ho> virtual landlords who are feudalising the rest, under the hood.

 Was it Vint Cerf who said that the internet treats censorship as damage
 and routes around it?

 I remember connecting my first node to the internet - I had a Linux box
 that was a mail server, web server, IRC and NNTP. Felt like I was an
 equal player on a large playground.

 ho> Technologically it still brings that promise about freedom and
 ho> liberties... but internet today is not a communication technology.
 ho> Internet today is interactive media to engage and influence masses.

 When customers of internet service providers were described as
 "consumers" of internet services and inbound ports started being
 blocked, it had all gone wrong.



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