Posted on 11/28/2015 12:50:12 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Unlike the revolution started by the printing press which soon stabilized, internet changes are not merely drastic but continually accelerating.
The internet has changed everything, so much so that even I, a man who has been online for 19 years, am constantly amazed at the pace of accelerated change. The printing press changed the world in a few decades in the 16th century. The internet is even more revolutionary.
Even more so than the press, the internet has evaporated prior means of didactic instruction. The printing press created change, but only the rich could afford to buy one. For less than $100 today, one can get a domain and start a media empire on the web.
Kids now get their news from the internet. Prior to YouTube, news came from "respected" media sources. Now any kid with an iPhone can break a story. In America, videos of police brutality have become a cottage industry, with attendant consequences. I could have used an iPhone when I was a teen.
Craigslist has done a runaround on newspapers by offering free advertising, thus cutting their revenues. Newsprint is collapsing. Paper after paper has gone broke. The Media Elite are gone. Little mammals, like American Thinker, have overtaken the "venerable" dinosaurs of the liberal establishment.
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For those who say the servers can be shut down, you can learn how to set up your own for a few hundred dollars. In fact, older computers are perfect for such servers.
It will be interesting. I, for one, feel that it will be good to see ossified, overpriced universities disappear. I would rather exercise my own discretion than have choices made by some elite dinosaur. Academia was the last vestige of medievalism. Good riddance! Long live the internet.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
fastest rise of the Eloi
He does a rundown of different sites.
If you start at 1525 when Gutenberg came up with the press....there is this enormous ‘bang’ which occurs over the next hundred years where publications are now a monthly thing....reading is a necessary skill....culminating with the Thirty Years War in 1619.
We’ve now reached an epic point where printing houses and news media control centers are no longer possible. The internet allows for a massive number of people to turn off TVs, radios, and avoid regular newspapers. I can self-print a book tomorrow if I desire. I can self-release a dozen songs and go to national prominence without a single DJ hyping my tunes. I can run a political campaign without a single TV or radio ad.
It’s truly amazing.
Not to offend, but you do understand my reference to the Eloi don’t you?
So true. Now the youngsters and more are just watching either idiots on YouTube or porn and not even pretending to read the articles.
The Moorlocks are sharpening their knives...
Yes. The Eloi and the Morlocks in Time Machine.
Help me out.
It’s darn easy to figure out the Eloi, but who the heck are the Morlocks?
That too.
Good point.
They were the subterranean crew who came out of the wells at night and fed/fed on the Eloi.
Yes, I’m more concerned with the Eloi...
How do we help them not evolve?
Yes, but what is the modern day equivalent?
The current generation has little to associate with
(and silly ass “leaders” that allow it)
THe smartphone is the new cigarette.
That includes the subset of 'invisible people' to the modern Eloi who will gladly relieve them of their wallet, credit cards, car, virtue, or life, for fun and/or profit or in a fit of religious fervor.
The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.
The children (some) today are becoming older while still being adolescent.
For some reason your picture reminds me of this Johnsonville commercial.
I especially like the look on Peter Jason’s face when he realizes the truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMrQzb9GvZw
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