Uncle Iroh ☑️ @[email protected]
Tea expert, retired Fire Nation general, former Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, Grand Lotus of the Order of the White Lotus, firebending master, mentor to loveable nephew retard Zuko, Dragon of the West.
Lover of anime tiddies.
Joined Jul 2022
"We're too dumb to deserve the internet".
Well that's exactly what the WEF think of us, and so they reason that they're justified in putting the boot on our necks "for our own good."
They might have a point, there's a lot of morons out there, but they're also doing their best to create as much chaos so that we'll all throw up our hands in disgust and defeat and say "Fuggit, you win".
I think their fuckery will backfire, even with all the morons.
> All the "issues" one associates with the internet are all government/culture created
Which is to say it's endemic such that these issues and all the intractable nth order effects will increase as global access increases.
Public goods too. There's no easy answer.
@basedbagel @FinalDresdonation
To get philosophical for a moment, at some level of existential danger it ultimately comes down to a utilitarian vs moral absolutism argument.
That's why I find Dune fascinating. Herbert posed this dilemna and resolved it with the Butlerian Jihad, a mixture of both utilitarianism and moral absolutism.
@basedbagel @FinalDresdonation
This is a really tough one for me. It's personally been beneficial and devastating in turn.
At the extremes the argument that tools are morally neutral runs out - the Oppenheimer dilemna, weaponized ebola, or giving everyone to ability to make their own nuclear bombs are examples.
With the internet it's the 2nd, 3rd, nth order effects that are still playing themselves out.
I'd err on the side of "goods > harms but barely". We are kids running with scissors.
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@UncleIroh I think it'd be better destroyed and my life would be better. As much as I like the online clicks I have I have also found enough social success to fit in with people. Really, the socialization destruction of people's attention spans has sucked. I went from being able to talk with people chilling to now everyone is on their phone with low quality repeat interactions. Shit's weird, and women while they'd still have a ton of issues wouldn't be so broadly accessible.
That was a pretty good summary.
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YouTube | A map of the Online Right & the Future of the Right Wing
This is where it's going to come unstuck for everyone who jumps into this.
Emotionally investing in a private company's product when they can rugpull you any number of ways is foolhardy.
At the very least look into self-hosting possibilities.
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@Tfmonkey Regarding one important black man to have a holiday about, I vote for Thomas Sowell. The west never needed more to heed the logic of basic economics.
In your opinion would it be a net benefit if the internet were destroyed forever right now?
@white_male @Lorgar @RoninGrey
That would actually sell. They love men's shirts and oversized sweaters.
Although I never understood guys who buy used panties. To my mind it doesn't count unless they were won in battle.
Nice work as usual.
Uncle Iroh ☑️
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Gen Alpha is going to hate Millennials more than Millennials hate boomers and its not even close.
Instead of hating their parents about being forced to going debt for college they're going to hate them for forcing them to cut off their genitals.
Nice. I'll keep an eye out for when you drop the next one.
That's Shoah Business, yeaaahh baby!
Uncle Iroh ☑️
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@ButtWorldsMan My brother in Sprites, I believe elections will never be legitimate again.
Whoever wins will be just for show.
It's a fun listen. Be interested to hear your what you think.
Tea expert, retired Fire Nation general, former Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, Grand Lotus of the Order of the White Lotus, firebending master, mentor to loveable nephew retard Zuko, Dragon of the West.
Lover of anime tiddies.
Joined Jul 2022
