Re:How Evil Is Tech?
by mindcrime on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:02PM
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Your post takes the "new media" vs "old media" narrative at face value, and it looks like you identify with one of the teams.
Not really. It's clear the the world is shades of grey without there always being a bright line distinction between things. But this is a random HN post, not an essay. I'm not always going to spend the time and the number of words it would take to dig into every subtlely that could be pointed out. Sometimes it's enough to deal with the surface aspect of something.
As for being on a team... hah, I don't trust any of those motherfuckers. The mainstream / old media is quite clearly corrupt as fuck, no question about that. And AmaGoogFaceSoftHooGramChat clearly have their own agenda which isn't about benefitting the common man.
I'm close to "trust no one" than anything. Or maybe it would be better to say I believe in "bounded trust" or "sketpical trust". That is, trust an entity to behave as it would within the bounds of it's (position|incentives|etc).
Not really. It's clear the the world is shades of grey without there always being a bright line distinction between things. But this is a random HN post, not an essay. I'm not always going to spend the time and the number of words it would take to dig into every subtlely that could be pointed out. Sometimes it's enough to deal with the surface aspect of something.
As for being on a team... hah, I don't trust any of those motherfuckers. The mainstream / old media is quite clearly corrupt as fuck, no question about that. And AmaGoogFaceSoftHooGramChat clearly have their own agenda which isn't about benefitting the common man.
I'm close to "trust no one" than anything. Or maybe it would be better to say I believe in "bounded trust" or "sketpical trust". That is, trust an entity to behave as it would within the bounds of it's (position|incentives|etc).