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> This will affect nearly every industry in terms of economics, some sectors potentially catastrophically like long distance transportation, but the biggest eff
by iamwil 7y ago
> This will affect nearly every industry in terms of economics, some sectors potentially catastrophically like long distance transportation, but the biggest effect will be degree to which we will become able to empathize with others around the world and create novel, deeply impactful forms of interacting with others in a physical and emotional sense.
Careful. I remember reading similar sentiments about the web in the 90's. Turns out it's true, to a degree, but also unleased all the misinformation we see today. I can imagine something similar in the future where you can't tell what's real, not only news, but also what you see in front of you.
- ineedasername 7y agoI remember when Second Life was predicted to transform everything from Education to basic human interaction.
- redis_mlc 7y agoIt would be great if somebody could link to an analysis of what happened with Second Life. I remember the early hype, but then read a few interviews with users/losers who were just escaping reality.
- nine_k 7y agoWhat happened: nobody needed it. Too slow (latency is inevitable), too limiting, too hard to do or show anything non-trivial. You could do interesting things if you put it a lot of time. But few have the time to spend on unclear benefits.
- iamwil 7y agoI had a coworker that worked on the fraud team at Second Life. He said the engineers ran the place and would work on stuff that was technically interesting to them, rather than working on stuff that users wanted or needed. That probably didn't help.
- mistermann 7y ago> I can imagine something similar in the future where you can't tell what's real, not only news, but also what you see in front of you. I'd argue that this is the situation humanity has been in forever, to varying degrees, mainly for the former (the news), but also the latter. What I hope to see is a greater realization of this, and willingness to consider the degree to which this affects disagreement and polarization (ie: perhaps the situation isn't that our ideological opponents are idiots, but rather the situation is more complex than we perceive).