| Yes! I feel like we used to be the good guys, but we've become the bad guys. I used to be proud of all the change we were providing for society. I used to preach to family/friends all the time: - Find and purchase products on the web that you never had access to in your small town. Easy as clicking a mouse. - Find directions to your destination, and even be guided how to get there in real-time. No more fumbling with the Thomas Guide. - Connect with old family/friends easily. Or, easily make new connections with people in your home town or across the globe. - Access new music, or old favorites, with the click of a mouse. No need to buy a CD just to listen to one song. - Online banking! You no longer need to go stand in line at the ATM just to transfer money from your savings account to your checking account. And no more need to write a check each month to pay your bills, it can be automated now! ...and so on over the last 25 years. I used to love evangelizing the stuff we were creating, because I believed in it. But now I feel myself warning family/friends to avoid us: - Don't use Evil Corp's social media service because they're gonna bombard you with misinformation and negative/combative content, just to drive engagement. You'll end up hating your family/friends. - Don't get an Alexa or a Ring because they're basically spying on you. If you wanna be creeped out, read this: https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/whoops-amazon-alexa-user-a... - Your smart phone knows where you are at all times, where you're going, and who you're with. - All your financial data is being sold to marketers who wanna sell you more credit (credit cards to mortgages). ...and so on. Maybe it's me, like I'm just paranoid because I'm older now. But yeah, I feel similar about what we do these days. |