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> reduce them to consumers instead of participants in creating culture But you miss the fact that the new generation making movies and documentaries with these
by pen2l 6y ago
> reduce them to consumers instead of participants in creating culture
But you miss the fact that the new generation making movies and documentaries with these iPhones is creating culture! Leaving aside the distinction of computer/cellphone, the iPhone is just a very powerful tool to the new generation, and in some ways, they'd argue they can do more with it than with a mere 'computer'! And, in taking down the barriers of entry and making these computer cellphones easier to use to create new content, one could well argue culture has never before flourished as widely as it does today.
- kragen 6y agoI'm very aware of that, and I think the availability of such powerful hand computers is a very important development, one that changes many things and holds enormous potential for improving the human condition. That's one reason I think it's important who's in charge of who gets to use these tools to speak, because that's going to privilege certain voices and suppress others. In addition to directly hurting the people suppressed, suppressing too many voices leads to collectively irrational decisions like the catastrophic mishandling of the covid pandemic in America and Europe. I don't want hand computers to go away. I just want them to be loyal to their owners, not to their manufacturers.