Re:Extremely disillusioned with technology. Please help
by Balgair on Monday May 04, 2020 @09:04PM
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It's a complex issue and if you ask 10 people, you'll get 23 answers.
One of my answers: the greater geopolitical community woke up to the power of Web 2.0 with Tahrir Square and the questions that social media technology poses to us all. Largely, Tahrir Square was the high water mark of Silicon Valley and the old promises of free information exchange and the hippie ethos that spawned it all. The reaction by the geopolitical leaders was swift afterwards.
Again, super complex topic, I cannot stress this enough.
One of my answers: the greater geopolitical community woke up to the power of Web 2.0 with Tahrir Square and the questions that social media technology poses to us all. Largely, Tahrir Square was the high water mark of Silicon Valley and the old promises of free information exchange and the hippie ethos that spawned it all. The reaction by the geopolitical leaders was swift afterwards.
Again, super complex topic, I cannot stress this enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_revolution_of_2011