“Dare to Think!”- Immanuel Kant TL;DR: The internet’s evolution mirrors historical societal development. Transitioning from web2 to the social web and ultimately to web4 signifies a transform…

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10431737

TL;DR: The internet’s evolution mirrors historical societal development. Transitioning from web2 to the social web and ultimately to web4 signifies a transformative shift akin to the end of the Middle Ages and the dawn of modernity, with the ultimate goal of achieving liberal democracy. In the style of the Dot Com Boom, the social web will witness the rise of influential digital forces, which will in this case be global collectives, shaping the digital and societal landscape. Web4, characterized by these decentralized collectives, offers the potential for positive change within the liberal democracy framework; with the possibility of reaching the actual end of history for homo sapiens and the entering of a new stage for humanity, in which a new form of human will emerge: the homo digitalis.

  • HeavyDogFeetEnglish
    38•1 year ago

    Web 4 — it’s web 3 but this time the grift is slightly different.

        • Arthur BesseEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          I like that your emoj or Unicode whatever displays for me as OBJ

          same here. i looked it up, it’s U+FFFC  OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (placeholder in the text for another unspecified object, for example in a compound document) from the specials block.

          but why, @gregorum? 🤔

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️English
    31•1 year ago

    in which a new form of human will emerge: the homo digitalis.

    In order for this to become so, the new form must become sufficiently speciated such that it can no longer interbreed with the previous population.

    …

    Actually, on second thought, I can think of plenty of internet denizens who are already there.

    • @blue_berryOPEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Ok, you are right. Its not a separate species. So call it homo sapiens-digitalis and yeah, some people are kind of already there.

      Altough in terms of digital agency, I think we could still go a long way.

  • @[email protected]English
    17•1 year ago

    Calling it “web4” would means acknowledging the existence of web3. Can we call it something else?