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People keep doubting Twitter's lifespan, but... > Twitter has woven itself into the fabric of our global society. Regardless of how long it actually has to li

People keep doubting Twitter's lifespan, but... > Twitter has woven itself into the fabric of our global society. Regardless of how long it actually has to live, I can't really argue with that.

hacker_9 9y ago
Agreed. Most media outlets often embed tweets in their news stories. Live news feeds + tweets just go hand in hand. Not to mention the POTUS constantly making the news via twitter.
dublinben 9y ago
And yet, it has almost no actual impact on the real world.
- pohl 9y ago
  Those who are down-voting the above comment should think about being more sensitive to the possibility that the author has spent the last few months in a coma.
- jstanley 9y ago
  The virtual world is the real world. Much of human activity is moving out of the physical world and into the virtual world today, in the same way that it moved out of nature and into buildings thousands of years ago (but much faster this time).
  - treehau5 9y ago
    The analogy doesn't really work -- the physical buildings still exist in nature. Many physical buildings try to incorporate natural elements.
    - milquetoastaf 9y ago
      The virtual world exists in nature, made from natural elements - where else would it be? The whole notion of a virtual / reality divide is a farce
      - treehau5 9y ago
        > The whole notion of a virtual / reality divide is a farce It clearly isn't when so many think otherwise. Otherwise, you wouldn't need to call it "virtual reality", you could just simply call it "reality"
    - TeMPOraL 9y ago
      Inputs and outputs of the digital world live in nature too.
    - jstanley 9y ago
      You still interact with the virtual world from inside buildings. Many virtual environments try to incorporate familiar elements too.
  - adamsea 9y ago
    "...The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation#cite_note-isbn0-7456-0586-9-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation#cite_...
- scott_s 9y ago
  The President of the United States contradicted his own surrogates on Twitter this morning.
draw_down 9y ago
Yeah. I don't know if it's quite as beleaguered as we like to think around here, maybe it is, but either way it's pretty important. And it all started from "people talking about what they ate for lunch".

People keep doubting Twitter's lifespan, but... > Twitter has woven itself into the fabric of our global society. Regardless of how long it actually has to live, I can't really argue with that.

hacker_9 9y ago

Agreed. Most media outlets often embed tweets in their news stories. Live news feeds + tweets just go hand in hand. Not to mention the POTUS constantly making the news via twitter.

dublinben 9y ago

And yet, it has almost no actual impact on the real world.

pohl 9y ago
Those who are down-voting the above comment should think about being more sensitive to the possibility that the author has spent the last few months in a coma.
jstanley 9y ago
The virtual world is the real world. Much of human activity is moving out of the physical world and into the virtual world today, in the same way that it moved out of nature and into buildings thousands of years ago (but much faster this time).
- treehau5 9y ago
  The analogy doesn't really work -- the physical buildings still exist in nature. Many physical buildings try to incorporate natural elements.
  - milquetoastaf 9y ago
    The virtual world exists in nature, made from natural elements - where else would it be? The whole notion of a virtual / reality divide is a farce
    - treehau5 9y ago
      > The whole notion of a virtual / reality divide is a farce It clearly isn't when so many think otherwise. Otherwise, you wouldn't need to call it "virtual reality", you could just simply call it "reality"
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Inputs and outputs of the digital world live in nature too.
  - jstanley 9y ago
    You still interact with the virtual world from inside buildings. Many virtual environments try to incorporate familiar elements too.
- adamsea 9y ago
  "...The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation#cite_note-isbn0-7456-0586-9-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation#cite_...
scott_s 9y ago
The President of the United States contradicted his own surrogates on Twitter this morning.

draw_down 9y ago

Yeah. I don't know if it's quite as beleaguered as we like to think around here, maybe it is, but either way it's pretty important. And it all started from "people talking about what they ate for lunch".