top | item 46992369 (no title) disqard | 17 days ago Wow, that "Dead Internet Theory" keeps getting more and more Real with each passing day.I sometimes think of this as a "slo-mo train wreck" version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria. discuss order hn newest squeefers|16 days ago > I sometimes think of this as a "slo-mo train wreck" version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.similar attitudes about the decay of civilization occured with the inventions of- the internet/original search engines - tv - radio - the printed word (frickin books(!!!!))they were all supposed to make people stupider because we wouldnt have to keep as much information in our heads. see the pattern? disqard|16 days ago Maybe I failed to articulate that well.My point was more along the lines of "we're about to ruin a high-quality resource (the Internet) that we carefully built over decades".I think your response is valid -- we'll do what we've always done: adapt and move on.However, that doesn't change the fact that, just like TV, the Internet will be even more chock-full of garbage, with an abysmal SNR. load replies (1)
squeefers|16 days ago > I sometimes think of this as a "slo-mo train wreck" version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.similar attitudes about the decay of civilization occured with the inventions of- the internet/original search engines - tv - radio - the printed word (frickin books(!!!!))they were all supposed to make people stupider because we wouldnt have to keep as much information in our heads. see the pattern? disqard|16 days ago Maybe I failed to articulate that well.My point was more along the lines of "we're about to ruin a high-quality resource (the Internet) that we carefully built over decades".I think your response is valid -- we'll do what we've always done: adapt and move on.However, that doesn't change the fact that, just like TV, the Internet will be even more chock-full of garbage, with an abysmal SNR. load replies (1)
disqard|16 days ago Maybe I failed to articulate that well.My point was more along the lines of "we're about to ruin a high-quality resource (the Internet) that we carefully built over decades".I think your response is valid -- we'll do what we've always done: adapt and move on.However, that doesn't change the fact that, just like TV, the Internet will be even more chock-full of garbage, with an abysmal SNR. load replies (1)
squeefers|16 days ago
similar attitudes about the decay of civilization occured with the inventions of
- the internet/original search engines - tv - radio - the printed word (frickin books(!!!!))
they were all supposed to make people stupider because we wouldnt have to keep as much information in our heads. see the pattern?
disqard|16 days ago
My point was more along the lines of "we're about to ruin a high-quality resource (the Internet) that we carefully built over decades".
I think your response is valid -- we'll do what we've always done: adapt and move on.
However, that doesn't change the fact that, just like TV, the Internet will be even more chock-full of garbage, with an abysmal SNR.