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What I think is really interesting is that there is public appetite for outrage against the tech giants. Hence why this article was published even though there
by dmagee 8y ago
What I think is really interesting is that there is public appetite for outrage against the tech giants. Hence why this article was published even though there is not a whole lot more information.
Public outrage often results in low hanging fruit for political movements to pick and use for their own gain.
If this snowballs some more I expect reactionary politicians and reactionary policies to rear their ugly head.
- ehnto 8y agoIt is interesting but perhaps not surprising. They have gone from darling startups to consuming our lives and holding enormous power to influence, people have noticed and people care. It might be surprising if you don't feel the same way though and aren't exposed to it. In the same way that I wouldn't have noticed the brexit movement had even a handful of followers when infact it was a huge portion of people. The lesson I took from that was that I have a world view but it is only a tiny fraction of possible world views, and I will never know or understand most of them. I do wonder what sort of politics it will influence though, as it stands I can't really imagine many outcomes. These are new problems in a unique political climate, I haven't been able to read it well for a while now.