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al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 3 days agoI wish I could take you back 10 years further. It’s like a national forest that someone build a parking lot and strip mall over, and everyone cheers because they finally tore the mall down and put up a giant fence water park with cameras everywhere.
Auth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes things were different back then. It wasnt a national forest, it was forest in a world where no cities existed anywhere. Nothing had been built on the internet back then. You didnt have websites that served userbases in the 100s of millions. You didnt have to serve images, videos, live streams and other dynamic content. You didnt have the same security overhead now required. If the internet were only text chat over irc I wouldnt be sitting here worrying about internet funding.
I dont go to the cbd of my city and think “I wish they replaced this with a forest” because I know there are plenty of forests outside the city, and people choose to live in the city over the forest. Same for the internet and so we need to think about solving the problem instead of wishing to tear everything down.
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 3 days ago
Like a functional city made to serve the populous or like a typical American city that only works for the rich?
Auth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You could never have a city where no one pays maintenance and service fees.
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 3 days ago
You mean in the current state of human society we could never accomplish that. It’s a nice dream that we could have a star trek future but I only see mad max as humanity’s fate. Oh well thanks for all the fish.