Mark Zuckerberg on a Future Where the Internet Is Available to All
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Re: Mark Zuckerberg on a Future Where the Internet Is Available to All
#2If by Internet he means Facebook, thanks but no thanks.
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#3Unfortunately all our governments are determined to not let this future happen http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/07/03/net-threats/
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#4If by Internet he means Facebook, thanks but no thanks.
No kidding, right? I am not sure I can respect his interests and goals as an innovator when this is a week or two after the latest Facebook drama.
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#5I trust Mark Zuckerberg to do his best at replacing the internet by facebook access. It has already happened in France where mobile provider offer "internet access" strictly limited to facebook for a couple euros.
This is not internet available to all, more like what microsoft failed to do in 1995 with msn.
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#6That curve of the developing world looks a lot like the developed world circa 1998.
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#7Everyone doubts the motives, and it makes sense why they do, but any progress he makes in developing country is better than no progress at all IMO
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#8One thing to keep in mind though, is that the Internet is not always a good thing that it probably could be.
With all the entertainment, media, ads and greedy people caring only about money and not people the Internet sometimes causes more damage than it brings true benefits to users.
Yes, it's up to us what we choose to consume, but maybe if the Internet only consisted of resources and technologies that foster the intellectual and spiritual growth the humanity and especially the developing countries would benefit more from it.
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#9Everyone doubts the motives, and it makes sense why they do, but any progress he makes in developing country is better than no progress at all IMO
Maybe not if you think that a rich local culture can be vanished because of the globalization effects of the internet..
I think people need to get well educated and prepared to know what they have of real value, so they can cope with the globalization effect more smoothly
Without a good care, this can do more damage than good.. and do the same thing as the conquistadors from the middle ages did with the culture of the natives.. pratically vanishing milenar cultures and wisdom from earth..
Imagine now if every place on earth was like San Francisco, London or Sao Paulo.. how would we run, if we want some peace for instance.. or meet people with different point of views.. if suddenly you wakeup and decide to become a fisherman in a quiet and beautiful beach somewhere
Re: Mark Zuckerberg on a Future Where the Internet Is Available to All
#10One thing to keep in mind though, is that the Internet is not always a good thing that it probably could be. With all the entertainment, media, ads and greedy people caring only about money and not people the Internet sometimes causes more damage than it brings true benefits to users. Yes, it's up to us what we choose to consume, but maybe if the Internet only consisted of resources and technologies that foster the i…
If the Internet only consisted of such resources, it would remain a geek's toy and ignored by the vast majority of the population, who would simply continue to watch TV. I'm far from a fan of Steve Jobs, but this quote from an interview is spot-on:
“When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”
And the same happens with the Web. Though, I'm not saying a different society is impossible, but you'd need to change the people before changing the internet.