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That argument works well against generic RETVRN sentiments, but I don't know if it applies to regretting how a subculture changed when acted upon by the outside
by thewakalix 5y ago
That argument works well against generic RETVRN sentiments, but I don't know if it applies to regretting how a subculture changed when acted upon by the outside world. Is "I wish we hadn't been invaded and conquered by people with very different values" incoherent?
- shadowgovt 5y agoThey weren't people with very different values. In general, they were our friends and neighbors who hadn't figured out how to use a web browser yet. The apart-ness that some original netizens imagined for themselves was always fantasy and, I would argue, destructive fantasy when it crossed over to belief in personal elitism. Is being online to the exclusion of real world relationships with those physically adjacent to us building a new, better culture, or the digital equivalent of hiding out in the woods?
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoEarly adopters and enthusiasts always have different values. That's why we act differently toward technology in the first place.