The sooner we start using IPFS or similar, the better. The current web is too ephemeral.
Just how much information is going to be lost, like tears in rain; how many blog posts, images, forums; with only the internet archive as a last resort.
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Just how much information is going to be lost, like tears in rain; how many blog posts, images, forums; with only the internet archive as a last resort.
When boundaries can change slowly enough we don't even notice. That's organic growth, that's ok.
> that aren't location-based, but thanks to telecommunications, global.
Thankfully I only have to close the browser tab to forget about someone Who is Wrong On The Internet. But I can't do that in meatspace.
Then you have learned nothing. The tribalism in humans is hardwired. It's not going away, whatever we may wish or do. The media doesn't create the divisions, they just profit from them.
The key to peaceful coexistence is properly delineated regions and nations, so that each thede can have their land without being afraid of being invaded and replaced.
One needs a very special kind of schooling and/or social circle to even imagine there's a difference. It seems to be very limited to (some) Americans.
Some people suffer from phantom limb syndrome. The pain is real, but the limb is not. We've not yet reached a point where the politically correct thing to do is to pretend otherwise.