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>The idea of computing as the shared stage to reflect our own intelligence We tried that, and it worked briefly. But the end result is the modern web/app lands

>The idea of computing as the shared stage to reflect our own intelligence We tried that, and it worked briefly. But the end result is the modern web/app landscape: commercialization, tits and cats, hating, techo-feudal and government control, partisanship bs, spam, narcisism - and rare sprinkles of intelligence here and there.

kredd 3y ago
That’s true, but I think the core of human communication has always been half of what you’ve listed - low intelligence, hating, spam and narcissism. It’s just more obvious and amplified online as you can see everyone engaging with it all at the same time. In pre-internet times, you’d need to be physically present and see maximum a bar-full amount of people doing that. I’m still very hopeful we will use the tech to help up us with some non-communication related things. Maybe something that’ll even off-ramp people outside the internet world.
- coldtea 3y ago
  >In pre-internet times, you’d need to be physically present Because of that, the very real possibility of getting a punch in the face if you went over the line also helped curb those behaviors somewhat.
  - teddyh 3y ago
    A sentiment often expressed, but I find it too close to “An armed society is a polite society” for my comfort.
    - teddyh 3y ago
      Also: <https://www.butajape.com/comic/say-it-to-my-face/ https://www.butajape.com/comic/say-it-to-my-face/>
gjvc 3y ago
We tried that, and it worked briefly. Where and when?
- coldtea 3y ago
  In the early days of the internet up to the early years of the web.
  - gjvc 3y ago
    do you have any specific examples?