On 13 Aug 17  11:57:10, Richard Menedetter said the following to Nick Andre:

RM>  NA> Sadly I agree 100% with this. Everything seems like its being "dumbed
RM>  NA> down" and not necessarily limited to technology either.
RM> 
RM> I strongly disagree.
RM> There was never more extremely valuable and good information available!

While that may be true, the information available is in most cases no 
different than one can (and have) obtained from libraries.

Remember the early to mid 90's... The world did not suddenly morph into some
magical utopia when the Internet became popular, nor would the "information
superhighway" bring us together or improve our social standings with
eachother by removing those geographical limits. In fact, I think the
opposite happened. People by and large just stare off into their
smartphones, or are addicted to Facebook, or seem compelled to share pictures
of what theyre about to have for supper. Cybercrime is more advanced and
prevailent than ever nowadays.

I realise its not all doom and gloom and there are a few good websites out 
there, but IMO western society's social skillset and intelligence level did 
not improve whatsoever by the Internet. Computer operating system GUI's these
days appear to be now designed for the lowest common denominator. Windows 10,
Gnome 3, etc. The ribbon in Microsoft Office? What a piece of crap.

RM> The Internet is just a tool for communication.
RM> You need to select with WHOM you communicate.

I really wish I could share the same sentiments, truth is, the Internet is by 
and large powered by companies who by and large earn profits by tracking and 
manipulating individual's on-line activity. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.

Nick

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