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Hello August;

-=> August Abolins wrote to All <=-

 AA> Hello All!

 AA> From the back cover of:

 AA>  The Tangled Web We Weave: Inside The Shadow System That Shapes
 AA>  the Internet | Hardcover

[snip]

 AA> In this urgent and necessary book, Ball reveals that the
 AA> internet is not a neutral force but a massive infrastructure
 AA> that reflects the society that created it. And making it work
 AA> for--and not against--us must be an endeavor of the people as
 AA> well.

I was quoted ions ago by Amsat as saying that the internet is becoming
the 11-meters of communications. When you consider the human trafficing,
money grubbing leeches such as Bezos, and the hate mongers such as
ZuckerFace I couldn't have been more spot on. All evil! Why they don't get
shut down for their poor online practices and biases is beyond me. I'm sure
a seizure of assets would help many countries battle their deficit issues :)

The idea was to build a global network to -share- (not become a billionare!)
data amongst computers, and to open a means to send mails to those in which
it might be too costly to make telephone calls with. 

Today it glorifies teens committing murder, people of color causing harm to
others and justifying it's OK to do such, demeaning others for the sake of
self/group satisfaction... while those on the sidelines get their pockets 
greased selling YOUR private information to others at a high price. If this
doesn't raise a red flag I don't know what will.

We need to all just stop such glorifying of false "gods" and all learn to live
and respect one another :)

-Brian

... What is mind? No matter! What is matter? Never mind! - Homer S.
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