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I've heard this "there are no more big changes left." Perhaps folks in the Valley are too close to the change to see it. Universal mobile connectivity is huge

I've heard this "there are no more big changes left." Perhaps folks in the Valley are too close to the change to see it. Universal mobile connectivity is huge. Instant access to the world's information is huge. Instant access to each other is huge. Geolocation is huge. Right now we're just seeing ripples on the surface, but industries are being eaten. Modern financial services couldn't operate without this technology. You can't compete with P&G and Walmart without this technology, because they are masters. The propoganda behind wars now happens on Twitter.

dkarapetyan 12y ago
You'll have to define what you mean by universal mobile connectivity because it is far from universal on a global scale. If you have internet then you might have access to the world's information or you might not depending on which part of the world you're in, i.e. countrywide firewalls and whatnot. Also, most of the world's information is still locked behind journal publisher paywalls. The stuff you get from tumbler I wouldn't call information. Instant access to each other we've basically had since email and text messaging and that hasn't changed. What has changed is business capitalizing on those connections to make money, i.e. Zuckerberg repackaging the internet as Facebook. I don't really know why you say geolocation is huge. I like my GPS but I can get around just fine without it. It might be huge in terms of government's ability to spy on me though. Maybe I'm a little too cynical but none of what you brought up changes the fact that all the tools and services we make available to people are more a means of oppression and control than they are as a lever that they can use to move the world. Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, etc. are all toys for teenagers. Google and other mega corps are information silos with secretive operations and basically black boxes that print money. Technology should be used to distribute power and wealth but instead it is used more and more every day to concentrate it in fewer and fewer hands. Financial sector you mentioned being an excellent example of such use.

dkarapetyan 12y ago

You'll have to define what you mean by universal mobile connectivity because it is far from universal on a global scale. If you have internet then you might have access to the world's information or you might not depending on which part of the world you're in, i.e. countrywide firewalls and whatnot. Also, most of the world's information is still locked behind journal publisher paywalls. The stuff you get from tumbler I wouldn't call information. Instant access to each other we've basically had since email and text messaging and that hasn't changed. What has changed is business capitalizing on those connections to make money, i.e. Zuckerberg repackaging the internet as Facebook. I don't really know why you say geolocation is huge. I like my GPS but I can get around just fine without it. It might be huge in terms of government's ability to spy on me though. Maybe I'm a little too cynical but none of what you brought up changes the fact that all the tools and services we make available to people are more a means of oppression and control than they are as a lever that they can use to move the world. Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, etc. are all toys for teenagers. Google and other mega corps are information silos with secretive operations and basically black boxes that print money. Technology should be used to distribute power and wealth but instead it is used more and more every day to concentrate it in fewer and fewer hands. Financial sector you mentioned being an excellent example of such use.