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Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by jstummbillig on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:56AM (#25712540)
I think this maps reasonably well to a rise of both technological abuse and accountability when producing things for the internet now, compared to what it used to be.
Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by KMag on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:06AM (#25712617)
Yes, particularly after observing how poorly society is adapting to pervasive social media.

3-4 years ago, I was nearly a free speech maximalist. I hope we figure out a way to properly educate middle school and high school students about cognitive biases, logical fallacies, statistical fallacies, and other tools needed to properly deal with social media. Right now, society is just adjusting very poorly to the advent of social media.

Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by talhah on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:20AM (#25713128)
I wish more schools taught us the tools to deal with social media.

At my school we're just given stale advice about cyberbullying and about posting things we'd regret.

People don't even question the legitimacy of things often or think critically about it. It's as if their critical thinking is numbed. I don't know how else to put it, but it's rather interesting.

Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by marvin on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:15AM (#25713514)
The Internet is like we've suddenly invented sugar, alcohol or firearms, without any of the societal tools to limit its damage. Laws, norms, defense forces, taboos.

It's really something straight out of singularity-related philosophy. A technology with massive benefits and dangers that's rolled out worldwide in only a couple of decades. If you look at social media as a whole, let's say it was in effect a single decade.

I'm sure we'll get a handle on social media eventually, with some damage along the way. But the underlying driver, fast technological change, won't disappear. This is not the last time we'll get into similar trouble.

Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by drukenemo on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:01AM (#25712566)
Who control the controllers?
Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by KMag on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:20AM (#25712720)
One of these days, I'm going to actually sit down and read through Juvenal's Satires[0]. I've read Plato's Republic and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, but not any of the Roman classics.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satires_(Juvenal)

Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by oriettaxx on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:38AM (#25713242)
I would skip and opt for Stoics:

"Don’t want the world to work like you want it to work. Love how it actually works and you will be happy."

Re:Skynet – Build a Free Internet by justtopostthis3 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:57AM (#25716637)
Until you wake up one morning and realize that all the things you loved about how the world works have changed.