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> The older I get, the more I blame the internet for most of our current societal ills. I watched a lot of star trek when I was young. At some point it became
by Verdex 3y ago
> The older I get, the more I blame the internet for most of our current societal ills.
I watched a lot of star trek when I was young. At some point it became hard to go back and re-watch because of the advent of social media and the 'modern' web. Social media was so obviously going to be a massive part in everyone's lives that it felt weird that it wasn't present in our star trek future.
Sure, star trek had a world war 3 that would have knocked out current existing social media platforms, but it seems like the natural progression of technology. At some point you get networks, then you hook computers up to them, then you get muggle friendly UX, then social media. Because star trek was a product of its time, they didn't consider the inevitable social media future, and now the suspension of disbelief is too great.
However, then social media continued to exist. Now I feel the obvious natural technological progression is something like: networks, computers, easy UX, social media, large scale societal disruption due to social media, continued technological progression without social media because everyone agrees 'never again'.
- GrinningFool 3y agoA perspective that might help: social media failed catastrophically at some point in the distant past. Society shunned it to ensure it would never be repeated, to the point where it was baked into future technological development and not even a point of discussion. Yeah, still a stretch. But it could work...
- Izkata 3y agoIt would fit right in with how TNG portrayed entertainment: passive enjoyment was generally frowned upon, creating something new and being in-person social was what everyone wanted in that era.
- sph 3y ago> continued technological progression without social media because everyone agrees 'never again' We didn't say "never again" when we first threw rocks at a rival tribe and saw the aftermath. We didn't say "never again" after millions of people died in world wars. It is beyond optimistic that one day we'll look at Twitter and say "no more of that." What if the Great Filter is light-speed communication and dissemination of ideas? The odds of a physical lifeform able to deal with the implications of that discovery from day 1 are infinitesimal.
- Tainnor 3y ago> We didn't say "never again" after millions of people died in world wars. We did, that's why the League of Nations, the UN and the EU were created. I'm not saying we're doing an incredibly good job, but at least some people are trying.