Neal Stephenson Explains His Vision of the Digital Afterlife

Re:Neal Stephenson Explains His Vision of the Digital Afterlife by CM30 on Saturday May 25, 2019 @07:33PM (#20012164)

> In this context, the effective discontinuation of the White House press conference was inevitable. For better or worse, the president talks directly, unfiltered, to everyone. That's the real doomsday machine if put into the wrong hands.

Interestingly, that shift seems to have happened everywhere, not just in politics. Many companies have also realised that they don't need to go through the media/journalists any more, and started advertising directly to their customers/users/fans too.

Wonder if there's a term for that sort of social shift?

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Re:Neal Stephenson Explains His Vision of the Digital Afterlife by doctorless on Sunday May 26, 2019 @12:18AM (#20013106)

Decentralization. Although this term does not yet apply to the avenues through which this outreach occurs, but give it ten to twenty years and that too will change.

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