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In real life people developed (over millenia) a wide range of mechanisms to support stable social interactions. Concepts like ownership, privacy, authority etc
by college_physics 4y ago
In real life people developed (over millenia) a wide range of mechanisms to support stable social interactions.
Concepts like ownership, privacy, authority etc. are not laws of nature but deeply rooted behavioral patterns that proved to be useful in some global sense.
What happens currently with the explosion of "digital society" is that, largely due to greed, certain first mover groups are dismantling all that - basically because they can given the widespread digital illiteracy and the lack of any regulatory mechanisms.
The response will be indeed people trying to log off. But if you consider the callous insistence with which ruling elites impose e.g., cash-less, fully digital transactions, its arguable that the escape hatches have been locked already.
Unless some new benevolent dynamic shows up that can harness the digital domain more congruently with welfare prepare for a period of great social unrest and the destruction of major social contracts.
- forgotusername6 4y agoI would argue that calling businesses that offer cashless services "ruling elites" is not particularly helpful. There are legitimate reasons why they no longer offer cash services e.g. fraud prevention, speed of transaction, health concerns. In addition a fast food truck offering only cashless can hardly be considered an elite.
- college_physics 4y agoBusinesses, especially small entities will simply dance to the tune being played. Elites refers to the technocratic policy bodies that influence regulation and legislation. In various places cash is actively deprecated even while the digital domain is a fiasco harboring enormous risks. Btw I am not defending cash technology as such, I am offering an example of why the "logging off" option might be less available than what people think.
- ericmcer 4y agoThere is a pretty huge difference between having an email address and credit card vs actively engaging with twitter/instagram/facebook/tiktok/etc. You can still participate and benefit from online govt services and banking while avoiding social media.
- college_physics 4y agoThis might be a too sanguine view that flies on the face of countless warning signs. All digital behavior inceasingly happens through the same mobile device which had been a true wild west, commingling vast personal information islands (location, behavior, health/biometric, financial etc). Social media apps have already manifested themselves (in the East) as "super apps" and purportetdly this might also be the target business model for some western outfits
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