Great TED talk about the internet and specifically social media (or as the speaker calls them, "behavior modification empires").
https://www.ted.com/talks/jaron_lanier_how_we_need_to_remake_the_internet#t-882787
@gabe https://www.ted.com/talks/jaron_lanier_how_we_need_to_remake_the_internet (deleted the time code from the end of the url)
@gemlog whoops, sorry about that. It's only my 25th year or so on the internet.
@gemlog Ah, haha. I'm a bit younger than that, I was just lucky enough to have parents that were "with it" enough (or at least knew people who were) to get the internet in our house when I was still in elementary school.
An early 90s Macintosh Performa was my first machine. The Amiga definitely gives you more street cred!
@gabe Heck, I was the local amiga dealer ;-)
Thanks for the link to that talk.
@gemlog Oh dang that's awesome! You're welcome!
@gabe The guy is not the most compelling 'entertainer'/speaker, but the info is very good. Especially https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Norbert_Wiener#The_Human_Use_of_Human_Beings_%281950%29 insights.
Very good talk. Very good. And optimistic in the end.
@gabe Yeah, try to keep up eh? :-)
We must be about the same age then (I'm 57). My first use of the internet was on an amiga ;-)