Barrk wrote:

> On 15 Mar 2021 20:41:33 GMT, Charlie Gibbs 
> wrote:
>
>>On 2021-03-15, Barrk  wrote:
>>
>>> The only hope for General-Purpose Computing is to make
>>> it somehow "cool". Otherwise there will soon be nothing
>>> but Specialty computers, all produced/owned by the tech
>>> giants, designed to only serve their purposes.
>>
>>Unfortunately, J. Random Luser is easily hypnotized by
>>shiny things.  I've heard this referred to as "trout
>>management": dangle something shiny with a hook in it
>>in front of them and they'll strike every time.
>>
>>Recommended reading:
>>
>>https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
>
>   Very very unfortunately, he's right about the trend.
>
>   (Near) Future-tech will not SERVE you, only EXPLOIT you.
>
>   And Joe Consumer will PAY to get fucked over.
>
>   Oooh !!! Shiny !
>
>   (50 points if you know where that last phrase came from :-)

It is like 50-60 years disenlightment - what do you expect.
From personal experience with people Enlightment is very sophisticated
process and must start early in someones life and must have the specific
social context to work.
If everybody is in youtube and facebook you can not explain easily why it is
not good to the avg. Joe.
It starts in the family, in the kindergarden, in school and then it is
almost already too late.
You can imagine how many generations were lost in these 50-60y and most
important what damage was done to all of the humanity.
I see idiocracy multiply and intelligence disappear. Very unfortunate!

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