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I agree with the social impact point. The wording reminds me a lot of what Zuckerburg's mission for Facebook was for the longest time: connect people and everyt
by sheepybloke 7y ago
I agree with the social impact point. The wording reminds me a lot of what Zuckerburg's mission for Facebook was for the longest time: connect people and everything will be great. I think this is amazing and definitely going to change the world, but we in the tech world need to curb our hubris because it's bitten us before, and if unchecked, it will bit us again.
- ghostpepper 7y agoThis was my reaction as well. It seems that looming existential threat the tech industry is currently grappling with is a direct result of the laissez-faire idealism of the early internet pioneers. Obviously the internet is a net-benefit to the human race but we really should learn from our previous mistakes. I'm not sure what the solution is but we shouldn't pretend that there won't be some criminals and terrorists among the ~3Bn people who suddenly find themselves connected.