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I like the Library of Babel reference. More than machine learning what the author seems to be touching upon is algo amplification of Content/Info. Just look at
by op03 6y ago
I like the Library of Babel reference.
More than machine learning what the author seems to be touching upon is algo amplification of Content/Info. Just look at the never ending amount of content propped up and recommended by Netflix, Youtube or Twitter. And ofcourse good ol HN.
No one seems to have the capacity anymore to stop or control the flow. The info, all info must flow is just another way of admitting no one knows what the hell is important.
Whatever attempts are made to curate or control it will be half baked cause seriously who the hell knows anymore what is important or not. Who can keep up? Expect librarians and curators to start forming cults and jumping out of windows if you buy Borges handling of the story.
It is scary how the expectation is that Chimps with their 6 inch brains have to then navigate this vast ever growing ocean without any real authority figures left to guide them.
He is sort of right that science fiction hasn't really covered the info tsunami problem much.
- ThomPete 6y agoI agree and that seems to be the real problem. Like with sugar, carbs and other examples of abundance. I wrote about this 10 years ago: http://000fff.org/slaves-of-the-feed-this-is-not-the-realtime-weve-been-looking-for/ http://000fff.org/slaves-of-the-feed-this-is-not-the-realtim...
- Bakary 6y agoYou can learn to wade through all of that eventually, because the fundamental problems of life remain the same. What info can help purchase your freedom from want? What info leads to situations where you feel fully alive doing things that genuinely interest you? These two lodestars, if applied thoughtfully, make navigating the tsunami not only possible but maybe even uncomfortably easy, no longer leaving room for the procrastination on your true desires that was previously justified by the growing tumorous mass of media.
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoMy example of the content tsunami is the explosion of copied blogs: someone finds an authentic blog, hires someone in a developing country on a freelancing platform to rewrite each blog post so that no copyright violation is detected, and then loads the new forged blog with advertising and SEO. Iterations happen where no longer are authentic blogs being copied, new forgeries are based on earlier forgeries. This started with recipe blogs, but is now slowly spreading through all kinds of other hobbies and interests. Someone looking for information about the hobby can't find the straightforward content among all the advertising-laden copies. With regard to science-fiction predicting the info tsunami, Roger MacBride Allen’s The Ring of Charon from 1990 uses it as a plot point (but this is not otherwise a very good book).