The Ability Of Silicon Valley

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few weeks agone ane man, named @jack, decided that millions of people volition survive allowed to purpose upward to 280 characters when expressing themselves on Jack’s world foursquare platform. One homo decides how many letters each together with every ane of us, including the “leader of the gratis world”, tin purpose when nosotros verbalize to each other. Just similar that. Nobody seemed the to the lowest degree flake perturbed yesteryear this notion. Another dude, named Mark, decided to inquire people for nude pictures of themselves, then he tin ameliorate protect them from the bad guys. We shrugged that off too. Then, inwards a virtually embarrassing do inwards world humiliation, our democratically elected representatives begged 3 slick lawyers representing these platforms to effectively regulate what people tin tell or meet on “their” platforms.

So hither nosotros are, inwards the province of the gratis together with the habitation of the brave, where Jack together with Mark create upward one's hear what you lot tin or cannot say, together with what you lot tin or cannot hear or see. This, my friend, is the ability of “platforms”. In the former days, it used to survive that he who pays the piper calls the tune. In the artificially intelligent engineering scientific discipline historic menstruation at that spot are no pipers. He who owns the piping makes it play whatever the hell he wants it to play. And every bit Sean Parker, a Facebook founder, elegantly pose it, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains”. Perhaps God knows, but he is sure non the only ane who nude pictures of themselves, then he tin ameliorate protect them from the bad guys. We shrugged that off too. Then, inwards a virtually embarrassing do inwards world humiliation, our democratically elected representatives begged 3 slick lawyers representing these platforms to effectively regulate what people tin tell or meet on “their” platforms.

So hither nosotros are, inwards the province of the gratis together with the habitation of the brave, where Jack together with Mark create upward one's hear what you lot tin or cannot say, together with what you lot tin or cannot hear or see. This, my friend, is the ability of “platforms”. In the former days, it used to survive that he who pays the piper calls the tune. In the artificially intelligent engineering scientific discipline historic menstruation at that spot are no pipers. He who owns the piping makes it play whatever the hell he wants it to play. And every bit addicted to together with subject on the platform.

Funded alongside cash from sexist pigs together with harassers, nude pictures of themselves, then he tin ameliorate protect them from the bad guys. We shrugged that off too. Then, inwards a virtually embarrassing do inwards world humiliation, our democratically elected representatives begged 3 slick lawyers representing these platforms to effectively regulate what people tin tell or meet on “their” platforms.

So hither nosotros are, inwards the province of the gratis together with the habitation of the brave, where Jack together with Mark create upward one's hear what you lot tin or cannot say, together with what you lot tin or cannot hear or see. This, my friend, is the ability of “platforms”. In the former days, it used to survive that he who pays the piper calls the tune. In the artificially intelligent engineering scientific discipline historic menstruation at that spot are no pipers. He who owns the piping makes it play whatever the hell he wants it to play. And every bit fantasy clinical trials league or alongside an urgent reminder to tape your pre-hypertension medication intake then you lot tin have the coveted 20% discount on Christmas fruit cakes at CVS only inwards time.

Platformized wellness tending volition survive cheap, convenient together with readily available. And only similar communications, shopping, porn, together with news, it volition survive fake, manipulative, addictive together with designed to “protect consumers” instead of benefiting citizens, or patients inwards this case.  Jack doesn’t converse alongside his buddies on Twitter. Mark doesn’t larn his tidings from Facebook. Jeff doesn’t store for deals on Amazon. And none of them volition survive getting medical tending from a telephone or a watch. You will. Your children volition too.

Facebook just introduced a “safe” messenger for children nether 13. Parents are supposed to laid this upward for their babies. Many volition do only that. And experts volition survive exalting the thoughtfulness of the Cartel for creating a less toxic version, suitable for hooking children on the product. Why would a vi twelvemonth former quest to message his “friends” online, instead of chasing them inwards the backyard? Why would a 3 twelvemonth former quest to spotter sickly YouTube videos prepared solely for toddlers, instead of playing alongside alphabet blocks on the carpet? Why would the virtually powerful 71 twelvemonth former homo inwards the basis self-destruct on Twitter instead of running said world? Why can’t you lot read an entire mass anymore? Such is the ability of the Silicon Valley Cartel.

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