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Re:Leonard Kleinrock on what went wrong with the internet by airstrike on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:11AM (#21388030)
That's still not a valid argument.

You're minimizing the amazing benefits created by near instantaneous transportation (or communication, in the case of the internet). How many lives were saved because ambulances exist?

It's easy to cherry pick the pros and cons of any invention, but at the end of the day any attempt to do so is inherently biased.

Society continues to evolve with nearly every economic and welfare indicator scoring better than 10, 50, 100 years ago. On average, inventions like automobiles and global communications must be contributing to this net positive societal gain. There's nothing glaringly bad about the internet or automobiles. Even if the internet is used for bad things at times, it's also created a shitload of good. Regardless, it is but a means to an end. People would do go on to do good or bad things even if the internet didn't exist, so we can't blame this one invention for the actions of humans.

Re:Leonard Kleinrock on what went wrong with the internet by themagician on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:37AM (#21388353)
It’s not an argument, and it is valid. It’s just not the argument you’re trying to make.