I used to think progress in tech will solve societies problems, now I think it concentrates too much power in the hands of some of the worst people in society and needs to be federally regulated at some level with safeguards and checks.
Depends on the tech I think. Old school p2p tech (e.g. Gnutella) was more decentralized. ActivityPub is more decentralized than Reddit. This kind of tech is more of a “public good,” so there’s less money in it and capitalism de-prioritizes it. I suppose cryptocurrency could be a counter-example though; decentralized tech that none-the-less got heavily centralized. The Internet itself too.
This is the same for me, I wanted to believe that technology would be used to help the average individual in the USA but with what’s happening with data centers is clearly broken. Without proper regulations and redistribution of gains, many people will suffer terribly over the next couple years if we don’t get on top of it over the next year.
I used to think progress in tech will solve societies problems, now I think it concentrates too much power in the hands of some of the worst people in society and needs to be federally regulated at some level with safeguards and checks.
Depends on the tech I think. Old school p2p tech (e.g. Gnutella) was more decentralized. ActivityPub is more decentralized than Reddit. This kind of tech is more of a “public good,” so there’s less money in it and capitalism de-prioritizes it. I suppose cryptocurrency could be a counter-example though; decentralized tech that none-the-less got heavily centralized. The Internet itself too.
This is the same for me, I wanted to believe that technology would be used to help the average individual in the USA but with what’s happening with data centers is clearly broken. Without proper regulations and redistribution of gains, many people will suffer terribly over the next couple years if we don’t get on top of it over the next year.