- The Internet With A Human Face ➶
-
Maciej Cegłowski on the advertising-industrial-government complex that constitutes the increasingly more centralized internet:
The offline world works like it always has. I saw many of you talking yesterday between sessions; I bet none of you has a verbatim transcript of those conversations. If you do, then I bet the people you were talking to would find that extremely creepy.
I saw people taking pictures, but there’s a nice set of gestures and conventions in place for that. You lift your camera or phone when you want to record, and people around you can see that. All in all, it works pretty smoothly.
The online world is very different. Online, everything is recorded by default, and you may not know where or by whom. If you’ve ever wondered why Facebook is such a joyless place, even though we’ve theoretically surrounded ourselves with friends and loved ones, it’s because of this need to constantly be wearing our public face. Facebook is about as much fun as a zoning board hearing.
The presentation also helpfully contains lovely pictures of lovely animals.
˳ · ˖
Prior entry: Integration Testing With Django and Lettuce
Next entry: Help La Forge Help Kids Read