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> * the notion that anything digital can be easily faked seeps into the wider consciousness the better. Trust nothing.* This is a society-destroying idea. Mos

by smt88 3y ago

> * the notion that anything digital can be easily faked seeps into the wider consciousness the better. Trust nothing.* This is a society-destroying idea. Most of us, especially younger people, only know how to vote, where there are wars, or even what our parents are doing by using digital media. If digital media becomes untrustworthy, everyone will live in a warped and fragile alternate reality that no one can agree on.

diggan 3y ago
> Trust nothing > This is a society-destroying idea. Believe it or not, this is how much of the population saw The Internet when it first came close to being mainstream. Everyone and their mother said "Don't believe anything you read on the cybernet", which ended up ironic as everyone and their mother ended up being the ones to believe anything on the cybernet anyways. > everyone will live in a warped and fragile alternate reality that no one can agree on. How is this any different from today? The various corners of the internet (which is mostly divided by languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese) already have these vastly different realities and ground-truths. I'm sure we could survive another Internet-Winter where people trust everything a bit less than today.
- smt88 3y ago
  It's vastly different than today because today (or at least a few years ago), I could trust videos and voices delivered digitally. I can't do that anymore.
  - thomashop 3y ago
    How long has society had voice and video delivered digitally? We managed to survive fine before we had it. If it now becomes impossible to trust a voice received through the internet without being connected to a verified telephone number I don't know how that can be classified as society-changing.
  - ilikehurdles 3y ago
    Technology and society will adapt, just as we adapted encryption to verify credentials and secure banking data online, we'll end up with a validation signal for video and audio.

by smt88 3y ago

diggan 3y ago

> Trust nothing > This is a society-destroying idea. Believe it or not, this is how much of the population saw The Internet when it first came close to being mainstream. Everyone and their mother said "Don't believe anything you read on the cybernet", which ended up ironic as everyone and their mother ended up being the ones to believe anything on the cybernet anyways. > everyone will live in a warped and fragile alternate reality that no one can agree on. How is this any different from today? The various corners of the internet (which is mostly divided by languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese) already have these vastly different realities and ground-truths. I'm sure we could survive another Internet-Winter where people trust everything a bit less than today.

smt88 3y ago
It's vastly different than today because today (or at least a few years ago), I could trust videos and voices delivered digitally. I can't do that anymore.
- thomashop 3y ago
  How long has society had voice and video delivered digitally? We managed to survive fine before we had it. If it now becomes impossible to trust a voice received through the internet without being connected to a verified telephone number I don't know how that can be classified as society-changing.
- ilikehurdles 3y ago
  Technology and society will adapt, just as we adapted encryption to verify credentials and secure banking data online, we'll end up with a validation signal for video and audio.