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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by jleyank on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @03:42PM (#10382958)
Yeah, and if you don't vote you get what the money wants without a fight. If you work to create things like Uber, to solve a first-world problem such as "mediocre taxis" you should be able to work towards a communication system that can combat traditional marketing and its effect on voting patterns. Otherwise, you're just admitting it's "hard" and you don't want to work on "hard" problems...
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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by petra on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @04:37PM (#10383293)
>> work towards a communication system that can combat traditional marketing and its effect on voting patterns

We already did something like that. Obama got elected due to some internet based marketing innovations. Guess what happened next ? both parties copied those methods(AFAIK), and now we're at the same point, where resources matter.

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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by s73v3r on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @04:00PM (#10383064)
Yup. A few lines of code and an app can totally bypass decades of psychological research regarding marketing.
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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by jleyank on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @04:19PM (#10383179)
Worked for open-source software. In a relatively short time (10 years +/-?), the traditional capitalistic model which worked for centuries seems to have been supplanted to at least some degree. I was thinking of several things: 1) Modern technology to provide direct communication, 2) Sheer numbers of people in each age cohort and 3) The desire to effect change.

Social media can slaughter a movie in a day or two. I would think it would have a useful effect on its users, assuming they were willing to make the effort.

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Re:The world needs at least 600M new jobs in the next decade... by icebraining on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @07:12PM (#10384086)
Open Source was the capitalist response to Free Software, capturing the cost reduction of shared and unpaid voluntary work and reselling it as closed systems. If anything, it underlines the point that any change will be subverted and used against its originators.
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