Apology for the internet

[Bob_Church 7]

This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time. Short version, we're screwed.

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html

( would someone make that clickable for me? I can't do it from this tablet's keyboard. Thanks )

[oldwomanc6 52]

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html

You should be able to make it clickable, even if you can't highlight and click on url; type [ u r l ] in front and [ / u r l ] after the link.

No spaces between brackets.

lisa
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[airdvr 210]

Interesting read. As one who regularly visits the belly of the beast I can atest to this version of screwedtopia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKOb-kmOgpI

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[Bob_Church 7]

oldwomanc6

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html

You should be able to make it clickable, even if you can't highlight and click on url; type [ u r l ] in front and [ / u r l ] after the link.

No spaces between brackets.

If I'm at my tower I'm fine but I can't select text well enough on this touch screen. It's screwed up or more likely my fingers are just too fat.

[OWB 8]

Bob_Church

This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time. Short version, we're screwed.

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html

( would someone make that clickable for me? I can't do it from this tablet's keyboard. Thanks )

I just skimmed the story, so I probably missed the part where Al Gore specifically takes responsibility...

Don't worry about nuthin' cause nothin's gonna be okay.

[AlanS 1]

Bob_Church

This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time. Short version, we're screwed.

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/04/an-apology-for-the-internet-from-the-people-who-built-it.html

( would someone make that clickable for me? I can't do it from this tablet's keyboard. Thanks )

I don't think there is a problem with the Internet itself, so much as the despots and regimes of this world that hate freedom, are learning how to manipulate the Internet for their benefit. We have been slow to respond.

The source of the blame does not lie with silicon valley, it lies with the governments of Russia and China primarily, and despots that are learning from them like Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, North Korea (of course), Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Cuba, etc.


If their is a company within Silicon Valley that deserves direct blame, it is McAfee which runs the filtering systems for the governments of Iran, and Saudi Arabia through its, Secure Computing Corporation which it acquired in 2008.

Beyond that, I'm very angry at Apple for caving in to China when is stopped supplying VPN software to phones running in China about a year ago.

Right now, Russia and Iran are trying to cripple the use of Telegram within their countries by blocking IP address ranges.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-22/putin-s-turf-war-with-telegram-escalates-as-russia-blocks-ips

[Bob_Church 7]

Here's an example of a large organization trying to roll back some of the internet results. It will be very interesting to see how it actually works out.

Duke University was letting incoming students choose their roommates. They'd get to know each other by way of things like Facebook. Duke thinks this takes away too much of the educational value of being roomed with someone who may be different from you. They say the feedback has been positive but it will be very interesting to see how it goes once classes start.

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/21/602270265/why-duke-university-wont-honor-freshman-roommate-requests-this-fall

[BillyVance 34]

Bob_Church

Here's an example of a large organization trying to roll back some of the internet results. It will be very interesting to see how it actually works out.

Duke University was letting incoming students choose their roommates. They'd get to know each other by way of things like Facebook. Duke thinks this takes away too much of the educational value of being roomed with someone who may be different from you. They say the feedback has been positive but it will be very interesting to see how it goes once classes start.

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/21/602270265/why-duke-university-wont-honor-freshman-roommate-requests-this-fall

I don't think allowing students to choose their roommates was a bad idea. I'm sure many of us have had the "roommate from hell" experience. I know I have. And it's usually the one you start with at the beginning of the school year as a freshman. At least in my experience, we were allowed to swap rooms and move in with others that we were friends with or shared common interests, after the grace period or whatever it was called.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Bob_Church 7]

BillyVance

***Here's an example of a large organization trying to roll back some of the internet results. It will be very interesting to see how it actually works out.

Duke University was letting incoming students choose their roommates. They'd get to know each other by way of things like Facebook. Duke thinks this takes away too much of the educational value of being roomed with someone who may be different from you. They say the feedback has been positive but it will be very interesting to see how it goes once classes start.

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/21/602270265/why-duke-university-wont-honor-freshman-roommate-requests-this-fall

I don't think allowing students to choose their roommates was a bad idea. I'm sure many of us have had the "roommate from hell" experience. I know I have. And it's usually the one you start with at the beginning of the school year as a freshman. At least in my experience, we were allowed to swap rooms and move in with others that we were friends with or shared common interests, after the grace period or whatever it was called.

It's an example of Social Engineering which is why I'm interested to watch it play out. Social Engineering projects always turn out in interesting ways.

[BillyVance 34]

Bob_Church

******Here's an example of a large organization trying to roll back some of the internet results. It will be very interesting to see how it actually works out.

Duke University was letting incoming students choose their roommates. They'd get to know each other by way of things like Facebook. Duke thinks this takes away too much of the educational value of being roomed with someone who may be different from you. They say the feedback has been positive but it will be very interesting to see how it goes once classes start.

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/21/602270265/why-duke-university-wont-honor-freshman-roommate-requests-this-fall

I don't think allowing students to choose their roommates was a bad idea. I'm sure many of us have had the "roommate from hell" experience. I know I have. And it's usually the one you start with at the beginning of the school year as a freshman. At least in my experience, we were allowed to swap rooms and move in with others that we were friends with or shared common interests, after the grace period or whatever it was called.

It's an example of Social Engineering which is why I'm interested to watch it play out. Social Engineering projects always turn out in interesting ways.

Just as long as they don't pair a Muslim with a Jew, or a Turk with an Armenian...

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban