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-1. What a terrible, misleading, click-bait-ish headline. The article describes the exact opposite of what the headline suggests: that virtually every adult on

-1. What a terrible, misleading, click-bait-ish headline. The article describes the exact opposite of what the headline suggests: that virtually every adult on the planet has a mobile device. The article itself is simply the list of sources and methodology used to determine this fact. But headlining the article "everyone has a phone" would leave no reason to click. Unfortunate to see that our best and brightest (Andreessen Horowitz) are no better than click-bait-ish spammers.

jjeaff 7y ago
Or perhaps the title just went over your head.
- listenallyall 7y ago
  Perhaps, but your comment doesn't offer any evidence that it did.
  - jjeaff 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Las... The End of History makes the case that there will no longer be huge leaps and bounds forward once the world all becomes a liberal democracy. Not that nothing will ever happen again, but the big evolutionary changes and leaps and bounds will not happen anymore.
    - listenallyall 7y ago
      Unlike "Et-tu, ______" or "Let them eat ______", for example, "The End of ______" is far too generic, when standing alone (i.e. pre-click), for the reader to automatically expect a reference a 30-year-old, twice-revised, heavily-criticized (credibly) essay -- as opposed to the simple, literal definition that the thing is ending. Had this author titled his post "The End of History? (for mobile)" or "The End of Mobile and The Last Man," then maybe, maybe, I'd agree with you. It would be deceitful to title an article "The End of Climate Change Danger," for example, if that article was in fact arguing that it was inevitable that climate change will harm the planet significantly. The original title "The End of History?" is itself click-bait, misdirecting readers with a provocative headline that relies on an already obscure, non-dictionary definition of "history." Had Fukuyama simply titled his article "All nations will eventually rule by Liberal Democracy," it would likely never have even been noticed.

jjeaff 7y ago

Or perhaps the title just went over your head.

listenallyall 7y ago
Perhaps, but your comment doesn't offer any evidence that it did.
- jjeaff 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Las... The End of History makes the case that there will no longer be huge leaps and bounds forward once the world all becomes a liberal democracy. Not that nothing will ever happen again, but the big evolutionary changes and leaps and bounds will not happen anymore.
  - listenallyall 7y ago
    Unlike "Et-tu, ______" or "Let them eat ______", for example, "The End of ______" is far too generic, when standing alone (i.e. pre-click), for the reader to automatically expect a reference a 30-year-old, twice-revised, heavily-criticized (credibly) essay -- as opposed to the simple, literal definition that the thing is ending. Had this author titled his post "The End of History? (for mobile)" or "The End of Mobile and The Last Man," then maybe, maybe, I'd agree with you. It would be deceitful to title an article "The End of Climate Change Danger," for example, if that article was in fact arguing that it was inevitable that climate change will harm the planet significantly. The original title "The End of History?" is itself click-bait, misdirecting readers with a provocative headline that relies on an already obscure, non-dictionary definition of "history." Had Fukuyama simply titled his article "All nations will eventually rule by Liberal Democracy," it would likely never have even been noticed.