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"The Internet was supposed to be about the free exchange of information." Actually, no, not at all. The Internet was for defense contractors to share informati
by bsenftner 9y ago
"The Internet was supposed to be about the free exchange of information."
Actually, no, not at all. The Internet was for defense contractors to share information, and when made available to the public it was for corporations to sell services to the public. All that "free information" propaganda was just propaganda to get the public comfortable with allowing large scale surveillance technologies into their homes and to be carried on their persons. "Social media" is a genius re-writing of surveillance technologies.
- maxerickson 9y agoMy first access to the internet was through MichNet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_Network ) which was motivated by connecting individuals to the various academic resources available on the internet. It preceded the commercialization of the internet.
- bsenftner 9y agoI was on ARPNET back in the 70's, when the only conversations were c programming and absurd humor.