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It's surprising how many people here equate "the Internet" with "social media". It's like having access to 1,000,000 x the Library of Alexandria every day and o
by hooande 6y ago
It's surprising how many people here equate "the Internet" with "social media". It's like having access to 1,000,000 x the Library of Alexandria every day and only being interested in keeping up with what people are talking about in the lobby
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- INTPenis 6y agoExactly, that's how it is. The library has never been a happening spot. The happening kids, if forced to the library by an authority figure, would just spend the time whispering, gossiping, and playing around with their friends. I bet you were one of those nerds who actually USED the library. :D I was too.
- dalbasal 6y agoWell... I assume that most Alexandrians weren't to be found in the library, at any given moment in time. In any case, a smartphone with social media (fb even) was the entry point to personal computing for most people on earth. They entered through the lobby, I guess.
- fulafel 6y agoYep, shifting the terms reframes the issues. Even library of alexandria sounds a bit biased toward the web and similar things. The fundamental thing is the decentralized packet switched network that lets any node talk to any other node where anyone can build new applications on it. (But sadly a lot of people aren't directly on the internet anymore, and have only indirect access via a IPv4 NAPT gateway).
- shartshooter 6y ago"People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole"
- psyc 6y agoHeck, I bristle as it is when people equate the internet with the web!
- Dirlewanger 6y agoBecause that's all the majority of the population knows. Their Internet is social media.