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Technology was supposed to leverage human capacity, and not centralize it. The problem is a technology one in the sense that the paradigm for a different busine
by thevardanian 9y ago
Technology was supposed to leverage human capacity, and not centralize it. The problem is a technology one in the sense that the paradigm for a different business model have been co-opted, and usurped by authoritarian corporations.
What in fact should have been a "protocol" based system has become a dictated, and law based one. That is to say the internet should have emerged as a means to distribute data by means of certain forms of etiquette, and agreements to communicate, but instead has emerged as means to centralize data where the protocol is obscured and dictated by a third party. To this day it is hilariously obscure, especially for the average person, for p2p communication, and so the driver for the "business model" is in fact the convenience that centralization brings, and the headaches/unreliability of decentralized systems.
The problem is a technology one.
- 2trill2spill 9y ago> Technology was supposed to leverage human capacity, and not centralize it. Where can one find that definition of technology? > What in fact should have been a "protocol" bases system has become a dictated, and law based one. Do you think laws should not be applied to the Internet?
- thevardanian 9y agoThe lever is a primitive technology but also an apt descriptor of it. I'm not describing technology, but rather describing the application of it. >Do you think laws should not be applied to the Internet? Depends. For now I think it depends on what your opinion on communication between people is. Are the laws to regulate, monitor, enforce, and use coercion to prevent or hinder people from communicating with each other, or to allow the freedom of expression with each other? In long term, since we are in the infancy of such a tool, I think computers/internet will eventually rein supreme over the old laws.