Re:Silicon Valley Is Not a Fad
by village-idiot on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @08:45AM
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> The Internet is the single biggest repository and distributor of human knowledge the world has ever seen.
This is true, but I worry about the quality of the information and it’s longevity. We may yet lose a huge amount of information because we take it for granted that the internet will save it all, when it doesn’t. The term for this is “digital dark age”.
> If you wish to find the truth, you can.
I mean, aside from all the people learning lies. A lot of utter nonsense has found its home on the internet too.
> the problem is that ... Republican
I’m going to stop you there. While I might agree politically, philosophically this is a bad road. It tempts you to think that everything is fine if only you could defeat your political foe, which I just don’t think is true.
This is true, but I worry about the quality of the information and it’s longevity. We may yet lose a huge amount of information because we take it for granted that the internet will save it all, when it doesn’t. The term for this is “digital dark age”.
> If you wish to find the truth, you can.
I mean, aside from all the people learning lies. A lot of utter nonsense has found its home on the internet too.
> the problem is that ... Republican
I’m going to stop you there. While I might agree politically, philosophically this is a bad road. It tempts you to think that everything is fine if only you could defeat your political foe, which I just don’t think is true.