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I know this is probably just their new marketing campaign, but there's this nugget of truth to it. I used to be so optimistic about the internet--about bringing

I know this is probably just their new marketing campaign, but there's this nugget of truth to it. I used to be so optimistic about the internet--about bringing the entirety of human knowledge to everybody's front door. But, the reality has proven to be so much more... complex. I really hope we do find a way get past this awkward teenage phase it seems to be having.

throwawaysage56 6y ago
The internet amplifies human ability to access information. We get the entirety of human knowledge in our living room. We also get the entirety of human filth in our living room. Like every power amplifier in this world, for example guns, dynamite or atomic power, it amplifies both the positives and the negatives. The techno-utopian expectation that amplification of power will somehow bring Utopia is just that, utopian. There is but one hope, cultivating virtue. When was the last time you even heard of the concept in modern culture?
Weebs 6y ago
I may be off, but the heart of the issue to me is that the internet is beginning to resemble the world at large, because the world at large realized that the internet was another vehicle for profit. The goals Mozilla has mentioned here are important, but I don't think they quite get at the crux of the issue: the rulebook our society plays by is structured in a way that the development of these symptoms is almost inevitable. The hard thing is you can't really begin to point out these structural issue without people shutting you down: saying that's the way things have always been (it's not), there's no other way (there is), denying that it's even a problem, or that it's something we just have to deal with. Until we are structured in a way where we can work for the benefit of each other and ourselves, on our own accord, on our own time, this is the slope of the hill we'll keep rolling down. Let's build open ecosystems and push back, but it is imperative we recognize the game is slanted against that.

throwawaysage56 6y ago

The internet amplifies human ability to access information. We get the entirety of human knowledge in our living room. We also get the entirety of human filth in our living room. Like every power amplifier in this world, for example guns, dynamite or atomic power, it amplifies both the positives and the negatives. The techno-utopian expectation that amplification of power will somehow bring Utopia is just that, utopian. There is but one hope, cultivating virtue. When was the last time you even heard of the concept in modern culture?

Weebs 6y ago

I may be off, but the heart of the issue to me is that the internet is beginning to resemble the world at large, because the world at large realized that the internet was another vehicle for profit. The goals Mozilla has mentioned here are important, but I don't think they quite get at the crux of the issue: the rulebook our society plays by is structured in a way that the development of these symptoms is almost inevitable. The hard thing is you can't really begin to point out these structural issue without people shutting you down: saying that's the way things have always been (it's not), there's no other way (there is), denying that it's even a problem, or that it's something we just have to deal with. Until we are structured in a way where we can work for the benefit of each other and ourselves, on our own accord, on our own time, this is the slope of the hill we'll keep rolling down. Let's build open ecosystems and push back, but it is imperative we recognize the game is slanted against that.