Re: [9fans] OT: Ubiquitous data vs. Reality, WAS: Re: The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

2016-04-03 Thread Wes Kussmaul
On 04/02/2016 10:30 PM, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org wrote: That's one of the reasons why it's so important to maintain control and ownership of OUR OWN data. My data + my programs = my image of reality. This went out Friday... THOUSANDS TRAPPED IN MINING DISASTER While exact

Re: [9fans] The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

2016-04-03 Thread lucio
> I'm not afraid of people challenging mainstream opinions (this is Plan9, > isn't it? :-D), I'm afraid of people doubting about evident facts or simply > ignoring them: climatic changes? unsustainable distribution of wealth? > parents negating their kids misbehavior? inadequate legal systems for

Re: [9fans] The Plan 9/"right" way to do Facebook

2016-04-03 Thread Giacomo Tesio
2016-04-03 6:42 GMT+02:00 : > > We are already trained to be suspicious about the truth even when it's > > clearly evident, now we can even start to ignore the information from the > > physical world, while accepting the virtual information that someone else > > feed us. > >

Re: [9fans] OT: Ubiquitous data vs. Reality,

2016-04-03 Thread Richard Miller
> If a member of Mensa (whose IQ must be at or above the 98th > percentile) can mistake social media for reaility, then that same > mistake can be (and most certainly is) made by the other 98% of the > population. intelligence != wisdom skill at solving IQ tests != intelligence