Comment on It’s Time To Go Back to Web 1.0
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days agoSky ad technology can be developed out of the good of someone’s heart. Maybe to show emergency alerts quickly. Disaster warnings. But then, it gets in the wrong hands.
We could say similar stuff about the internet. I don’t think Tim Berner’s Lee had bad intentions when founding the World Wide Web. It’s a double edged sword. Same has happened with a lot. I even believe that God’s sacrifice on the cross- an act of perfect love for all humanity- has been misused to control, manipulate and abuse. The guy who created dynamite wanted it to be used for safer mining practices, not a weapon. Many things we make as humans seems to be invented for good, but used for evil.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I certainly hope you’re oversimplifying for the sake of expressing a core concept. Because the amount of tracking, and profile building goes far FAR beyond what you’ve just said.
It’s like 1984 (the book) is tame by comparison.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 days ago
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