> Japan is a pretty good cautionary tale for Britain (and to a lesser extent to the US) on how shutting yourself off from immigration tends to go. The US? You do realize that the US became the largest economy in the…
I don't think google was naive. They did this intentionally and while it worked, they were willing to go with it. Now it doesn't work, so they are stamping it down. I wouldn't use the term "naive" when describing Page,…
> I suspect a lot of anti-Zuck/'techlash' sentiment will die down if a Dem is elected next year. If a Dem wins, the media/etc will praise tech/social media like they did after Obama won. Remember in 2008 when the media…
You get the same type of nonsense in regards to east asia. Like china, japan and korea have never gotten along and had been in an eternal state of war when in actuality, they had gotten along for most of the past…
Same thing with paywalled news. I wish Google would remove "walled content" by default.
It's even worse than feel-good babble. It's signaling TBL's shift from advocating a decentralized free internet towards a centralized censored internet. "Free speech? Fundamental rights?" are what we want, but people…
Why single out China, Russia, Iran? > That's because they have such strong motivations to keep things as they are, and even make them worse. And the EU, Britain, US, etc don't? I know it's hard to believe, the leader of…
> Japan is a pretty good cautionary tale for Britain (and to a lesser extent to the US) on how shutting yourself off from immigration tends to go. The US? You do realize that the US became the largest economy in the…
I don't think google was naive. They did this intentionally and while it worked, they were willing to go with it. Now it doesn't work, so they are stamping it down. I wouldn't use the term "naive" when describing Page,…
> I suspect a lot of anti-Zuck/'techlash' sentiment will die down if a Dem is elected next year. If a Dem wins, the media/etc will praise tech/social media like they did after Obama won. Remember in 2008 when the media…
You get the same type of nonsense in regards to east asia. Like china, japan and korea have never gotten along and had been in an eternal state of war when in actuality, they had gotten along for most of the past…
Same thing with paywalled news. I wish Google would remove "walled content" by default.
It's even worse than feel-good babble. It's signaling TBL's shift from advocating a decentralized free internet towards a centralized censored internet. "Free speech? Fundamental rights?" are what we want, but people…
Why single out China, Russia, Iran? > That's because they have such strong motivations to keep things as they are, and even make them worse. And the EU, Britain, US, etc don't? I know it's hard to believe, the leader of…