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> Did anyone ever really buy the "making the world a better place" kool aid? I don't know if many people buy it anymore, but many certainly did back in 2009-20
by smnrchrds 9y ago
> Did anyone ever really buy the "making the world a better place" kool aid?
I don't know if many people buy it anymore, but many certainly did back in 2009-2012. Tech giants were patting themselves on the back for fostering revolutions and helping spread "democracy." The media called Arab Spring a "Twitter Revolution." Making world a better place was in vogue. SV was not making social platforms for goldfish, it was writing a new chapter in human history.
It took years for the world to see how empty those promises were, and I am not sure if everyone has gotten the memo yet.
- cma 9y agoRemember the hoodie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGssbaktT1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGssbaktT1I
- samirillian 9y agoYeah, I was in Egypt during the revolution, a revolution built on a social networking app is a revolution built on sand. The liberals claimed that the Muslim brotherhood "hijacked" the revolution, but the truth was that none of the liberals had the first clue about what it took to make a polity.