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by blackoil
351 days ago
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This is insightful at least interesting considering it is from 1992. Shows the problems we face aren't as novel as we tend to believe, and humans are struggling with them maybe since the dawn of civilization. I find my own thoughts about this ironic and paradoxical while I want information to be free and myself to be free to access information of my choice. I am also a slave to my basal desires and will gravitate towards "veriest trash". As an anecdote, in 1980s India, there was one TV channel whose content was controlled by some elite and government with pittance of budget. People were forced to consume with no other choice. With 90s liberalization we now have 100s of channels and customers paying ton of money to view anything of choice; but general opinion is the quality of content has constantly degraded to the rock bottom. Same goes for the Internet. As much as I blame corporations, the publicly driven discourse isn't any better on mediums like WhatsApp and Reddit. For quality content you have to rely on platforms where some "elite" have decided on rules and vehemently enforce them like HN or some sub-reddits. |
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