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> if you think that today's computers are ... "augmenting human intellect", then i would certainly like to have you tell me how. Isn't it obvious? I have immed
by matthewmacleod 13y ago
> if you think that today's computers are ... "augmenting human intellect", then i would certainly like to have you tell me how.
Isn't it obvious? I have immediate access, in almost every physical location, to a data store which, while not quite the sum total of human knowledge, is pretty close to it. It's meticulously organised, indexed, hyperlinked, and easy-to-use.
The fact that many people (including me) use this for social interaction too does not detract from that at all.
You are essentially writing off the entire Web as nothing more than Facebook, Instagram and Google Adsense.
- bowerbird 13y agoi'm not "writing off" anything. i'm saying we have failed to actualize a very huge potential. and oh yeah, sure, we've taken some 49 steps on the journey. (and 27 of 'em actually moved society forward! imagine that!) and we could pat ourselves on the back for our "progress"... but that ignores the fact that the journey is a thousand miles. nor do we seem to realize that the journey has become a race, a race against time, because the greed and stupidity that i talked about above is turning our planet into a place that will all-too-soon become one on which humans can not survive. (shortly after all the other large mammals on it go extinct.) so, like, dude, enjoy your "social interaction" while you can. -bowerbird