Ethan Zuckerman from Massachusetts. Bet he's armed.
Posted on 04/14/2018 4:47:19 PM PDT by HangnJudge
"Those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created," argues a new article in New York Magazine titled "The Internet Apologizes". Today, the most dire warnings are coming from the heart of Silicon Valley itself. The man who oversaw the creation of the original iPhone believes the device he helped build is too addictive. The inventor of the World Wide Web fears his creation is being "weaponized." Even Sean Parker, Facebook's first president, has blasted social media as a dangerous form of psychological manipulation. "God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains," he lamented recently...
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Original article http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html
Did Al Gore think it would come to this when he invented it?
Original article lamented the politicization of the internet and the fragmentation of civil discourse
I just want to get ahold of the SOB that invented pop-ups.
They may be identifying a problem that needs a solution. But they don't have the solution.
I want to do away with the POS who first coded web pages to force video on you (analogous to pop ups but the videos start running even embedded in a lot of the news site web pages).
>>”Those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created,” argues a new article in New York Magazine titled “The Internet Apologizes”. Today, the most dire warnings are coming from the heart of Silicon Valley itself. The man who oversaw the creation of the original iPhone believes the device he helped build is too addictive. The inventor of the World Wide Web fears his creation is being “weaponized.” Even Sean Parker, Facebook’s first president, has blasted social media as a dangerous form of psychological manipulation. “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains,” he lamented recently...
If people in the future are literate enough and thoughtful enough to even write history, the Internet will probably be remembered as the greatest monster ever invented by man.
Agree. It bogs down your band with and might even crash your browser. All the with tge goal of trying to sell you crap.
Ethan Zuckerman from Massachusetts. Bet he's armed.
From the original article, there was loud lamentations the the Internet was weaponized to elect Trump.
Lots of wailing over warped utopian ideals
Probably not.
Addictive my asterisk. I’ve spent most of my waking hours on the internet for years and I haven’t even come close to getting addicted.
He looks like pajama boy.
“I want to do away with the POS who first coded web pages to force video on you”
Agreed. There’s nothing like working in a quiet house at 5 AM and then suddenly having the computer blare out some dribble...
Just wow! The internet needs to be a leftist safe space.
LOL!
Yup, it's like the guy who had the habit of drinking brake fluid.
"I can stop any time I want!"
(runs for exit, ducking for cover)
I enjoyed a few email pals. No longer have the energy for it and keep my emails short and absolutely necessary.
iphone texting limited the volume (and Twitter) of how well people can communicate. I never got a cell phone for a few reasons. I saw what it was doing to my kids and grandkids. Need my landline still for internet connection which frees me from the big companies. Couldn't justify the monthly charges for too many services.
Because of the iphone I have more precious memories, messages and photos from my son who wouldn't have sent so much had it been snail mail. But he was tethered and dependent o it too much. They keep them on all night in case somebody calls. I think it affects getting enough rest.
Because of tracking, peoples' lives have been saved but sometimes it works the other way, the kid who made two 911 calls and was trapped under a seat that had flipped in his Honda minivan. Operators and rescue screwed it up, not passing enough info and police didn't look hard enough when they finally located the van. His parents found him dead 6 hours later.
But my view is it is up to us for better or for worse. We can keep to the high side and not get dragged into things that aren't too good for us if we have the wisdom and self-discipline. And it's a boon to look up things from the past and finding bible verses.
Even FR, try to ignore hurtful people and move on. Fortunately not too many. It does affect how candid I am about a few things though. And we don't have to participate in bash fests and can express our dislikes differently. But sometimes a picture or graphic does get a message across in a more powerful way.
Even the news, whether you determine as best you can what is true and what is propaganda. But it can also do a lot of damage too in spite of laws protecting non-public figures from slander, etc.
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