http://www.smh.com.au/technology/innovation/the-internet-is-broken-says-twitter-cofounder-evan-williams-20170521-gw9xcr.html
> And so here we are in 2017. How's it going, Mr Williams? > > "I think the internet is broken," he says. He has believed this for a few > years, actually. But things are getting worse. "And it's a lot more obvious > to a lot of people that it's broken." ... > "I thought once everybody could speak freely and exchange information and > ideas, the world is automatically going to be a better place," Williams says. > "I was wrong about that." ... > The trouble with the internet, Williams says, is that it rewards extremes. > Say you're driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. > Everyone looks. The internet interprets behaviour like this to mean everyone > is asking for car crashes, so it tries to supply them. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
