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> One of the more important lessons I have learned in life is that what people want are expressed through their actions, which are often not the same as what
by nonrandomstring 3y ago
> One of the more important lessons I have learned in life is that
what people want are expressed through their actions, which are often
not the same as what is expressed through words. People may desire or
want privacy, but they don't care about it enough to not use devices
and software.
I have learned the exact opposite. That people's actions are often
their unwanted expressions of what they abhor and truly do not want in
their soul. Take any addict for an example.
Guess it all depends on how you see the mind-body and your deeper
knowledge of human psychology.
You do seem to delight in the "stupid masses" perspective. But maybe
that hides your compassion - perhaps compassion that most people's
relation to technology is one of victimhood, learned helplessness in
the face of colossal free-for-all cargo-cult of exploitation, dressed
up as "choice" and backed by the total failure of the rule of law to
protect them.
Anyway, just something we might consider before pronouncing on "what
people 'care' about".
- ActorNightly 3y agoIts not about "stupid masses". I just don't like hypocrisy. If people would just need to admit that they are ok with all the free shit they get as a result of advertising and that is all worth more to them than privacy, we wouldn't get non non technical politicians trying to create pointless legislation that ruins the internet.
- nonrandomstring 3y ago> admit that they are ok with all the free shit they get as a result of advertising I don't think people ordinarily make that connection. Many came from a time when the Internet was solely an expression of generosity. The thing about "culture" is that it carries on even after the facts have changed. You're right that today (2023) access to 'free stuff' is a tacit trade. People pay for free stuff by allowing themselves to be abused. But nobody ever made that bargain explicit. It was never announced, I guess sometime around 2000, that the rules had changed. We've had two decades of false "choice" based on a fundamental misunderstanding backed up by a conspiracy of deceit. > that is all worth more to them than privacy I absolutely don't believe people make this value judgement. If they truly knew what they were getting for what they are giving, Google, Amazon, Apple and Meta would cease to exist overnight. It is therefore of paramount importance that the "Myth of the Internet" continues and that all attempts to educate and provide new kinds of digital literacy are opposed by incumbent power.