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I think this is only a short-term effect. In response to things becoming more locked down, more and more "info liberation" projects will take root, and in the e
by forgotmypw17 6y ago
I think this is only a short-term effect. In response to things becoming more locked down, more and more "info liberation" projects will take root, and in the end the information will just gradually all leak out and end up outside the prison wall, in compatible, accessible formats. Then, eventually, even the sources of the information will switch to publishing it in the libresphere, because at that point the best audiences will be there too.
- jxf 6y agoI hope you're right, but this is an extremely optimistic view that does not have much historical precedent.
- d883kd8 6y agoIt's how things went down with aol
- gagege 6y agoLooking at all of history, I'm very optimistic. Going way back to Cuneiform and the printing press, and the internet itself, they all point to a general principle of the breaking up of monolithic information sources over time. It might take a while, but it'll happen with the internet too.
- DSingularity 6y agoSad that the internet is now considered a “monolithic information source”. But yay for unicorns I guess.
- neverspecial 6y agoWhat you describe in the digital age will be an illusion of freedom. Delivery of the bits will still be locked down tighter than ever. Delivery allows filtering. The future is very bleak.
- golem14 6y agoIsn’t the Wikipedia current events portal just that?
- minikites 6y agoWho will do the work to make this so and what is their motivation?
- forgotmypw17 6y agoI think it will be hackers just like you and me, and our motivation will be making information accessible and the world a better place. It may seem optimistic, but I'm also optimistic about what our reality "optimizes" for.