[–] hansword 4y ago ↗ Good read. Author writes Dick predicted four technologies:* forensic text analysis* automatic text generation* SEO, aka writing for machine demands* hyper-personalized recommendation engineAuthor says these are all kinda inevitable, the first three are already contemporary, so we should expect the fourth to come rather soon. [–] he11ow 4y ago ↗ That's a good summary! There's a skill to pulling the essence into tight sentences, I like that. [–] rurban 4y ago ↗ Well the 4th technology was easily replaced by majority media control. Which Noam Chomsky describes so well in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent.There's no need for personalized links, when you can easily control all link targets in mass media via unregulated consolidation.
[–] he11ow 4y ago ↗ That's a good summary! There's a skill to pulling the essence into tight sentences, I like that.
[–] rurban 4y ago ↗ Well the 4th technology was easily replaced by majority media control. Which Noam Chomsky describes so well in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent.There's no need for personalized links, when you can easily control all link targets in mass media via unregulated consolidation.
[–] EricE 4y ago ↗ I was skeptically looking at Elon Musk's Neuralink and thinking of this Startgate SG-1 episode: http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/7.05_%22Revisions...What this article helped me realize is you don't need a direct brain interface; just total information control. Ugh!
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 24.2 ms ] thread* forensic text analysis
* automatic text generation
* SEO, aka writing for machine demands
* hyper-personalized recommendation engine
Author says these are all kinda inevitable, the first three are already contemporary, so we should expect the fourth to come rather soon.
There's no need for personalized links, when you can easily control all link targets in mass media via unregulated consolidation.
What this article helped me realize is you don't need a direct brain interface; just total information control. Ugh!