Mike Reeves-McMillan

I think this is unduly pessimistic.

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I think this is unduly pessimistic. While there are massive problems with the Internet, and it’s hard to see how to solve them, it has brought great benefits. And I have to wonder whether the Internet created the problems or merely exposed them.

Originally shared by Winchell Chung

“I believed that the world would be a better place if everyone had a voice. I believed that the world would be a better place if we all had no secrets.

“But so far, the evidence points to an escapable conclusion: we were all wrong.”

https://shift.newco.co/my-internet-mea-culpa-f3ba77ac3eed

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2 responses to “I think this is unduly pessimistic.”

  1. Daniel Swensen Avatar
    Daniel Swensen

    Was this person envisioning a utopia where only those whose ideas he (rightly) condemned would be silenced and driven offline?

    And if not, what exactly did he mean when he said “a place where everyone had a voice”?

    Because those two ideas are incompatible.

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  2. Mike Reeves-McMillan Avatar
    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    Yeah, the thing about a lot of utopias is that they’re achieved by controlling everything so it can be perfect. Which is a dystopia for anyone who has a different idea of what is good.

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