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July 10, 2015

The internet is now too much of a good thing. It is the Krell machine for the American subconscious.

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It kickstarts insipid ideas into 20 millisecond response time fruition. It is a garden of delights for a class of VC shotgunners who enable another class of mendacious graduate students intent on dominating worlds of limited imagination.
It needs to be that for a while, and then it needs to be shaken down and deflated. That's what I want, a deflated internet. One that doesn't have time for foolishness. Of course, I'll be disappointed for the rest of my life.<>In the meantime, I can remind people about Cliff Stoll's book, Silicon Snake Oil. I cannot recall it well enough to know how prophetic it was or not, but I cannot help but notice that there is a distinct disjoint between largeness and largesse. We are getting the former. The Computer Snob - Cobb

Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 10, 2015 5:23 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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As all other mass media has fallen under the control of our government, so shall the internet.

Web content is subliminally guided already. Vast and tedious detail has been captured, processed, distilled, reworked.

Why are you reading this? Why am I writing it? 'Twould be nice to think, "because I want to" but it is more accurately "because we want you to".

The old rumor about television sets wired for two-way communication? That went out with black & white.
That computer sitting in front of you, the Droids and Smart phones, the G**gle glasses, all the bureaucratic files and agencies that require you establish an account complete with user name and password, you might as well leave your front door unlocked and when you park your car, just leave the keys in it.

Sit back and relax. We'll take you where we want you to go.

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 11, 2015 6:56 AM

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