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There is a great flattening in what it once took to publish a thought or an idea and have it reach an audience. Unfortunately almost everybody is deluded, insan
by tjr225 8y ago
There is a great flattening in what it once took to publish a thought or an idea and have it reach an audience. Unfortunately almost everybody is deluded, insane, stupid, at the very least totally uninsightful - or some sort of weird combination of all these things.
The web is a great place to be uninformed or even deceitful, I strive to be cognizant of this.
- agumonkey 8y agoI don't understand the last part of your comment. But I wonder hard almost weekly about that flattening effect of the computer era. People (and I at times) complained how institutions were imposing too much on whatever content (articles, music, movies). Without their curating effect, everything goes. Some say it's better because now you're sure you'll never miss a great thing that would have been killed by some radio or studio. But I'm less and less convinced of that.
- tjr225 8y agoI was thinking about that part of my comment and I believe what I failed to convey was that there seems to be no real cultural or educational priority to question what you see communicated on the internet, at least to my limited understanding.
- agumonkey 8y agoI think culture needs to hit the wall and then people will re-learn that tech is not a magic bullet.