[coldtea]

>The idea of computing as the shared stage to reflect our own intelligence

We tried that, and it worked briefly. But the end result is the modern web/app landscape: commercialization, tits and cats, hating, techo-feudal and government control, partisanship bs, spam, narcisism - and rare sprinkles of intelligence here and there.

[kredd]

That’s true, but I think the core of human communication has always been half of what you’ve listed - low intelligence, hating, spam and narcissism. It’s just more obvious and amplified online as you can see everyone engaging with it all at the same time. In pre-internet times, you’d need to be physically present and see maximum a bar-full amount of people doing that.

I’m still very hopeful we will use the tech to help up us with some non-communication related things. Maybe something that’ll even off-ramp people outside the internet world.

[coldtea]

>In pre-internet times, you’d need to be physically present

Because of that, the very real possibility of getting a punch in the face if you went over the line also helped curb those behaviors somewhat.

[teddyh]

A sentiment often expressed, but I find it too close to “An armed society is a polite society” for my comfort.

[teddyh]

Also: <https://www.butajape.com/comic/say-it-to-my-face/>

[gjvc]

We tried that, and it worked briefly.

Where and when?

[coldtea]

In the early days of the internet up to the early years of the web.

[gjvc]

do you have any specific examples?