Far too many people think social media broke something. I think it fixed something. It fixed our understanding of what is really going on. It fixed democracy, which relies on people understanding what is really going on. The people losing power over this transition will bitch and moan and make up explanations about what went wrong when in fact nothing went wrong.
EPSTEIN AIR FREQUENT FLYER GILL BATES: Oh, we blew it on social media, we should do better,” – that is an outstanding challenge that there are very negative elements to, in terms of polarization. Even now, I’m not sure how we would deal with that.
SAM ALTMAN: I don’t understand why the government was not able to be more effective around social media, but it seems worth trying to understand as a case study for what they’re going to go through now with AI.
https://video.nostr.build/f4409a14fac6f1bd14bc98676b557a9e615f0173ea10ef8f1b6a856a20a3e04b.mp4
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agreed: now we can use nostr and keep abreast of everything that we are interested in without anyone trying to filter the stream, and if they do try, then we have tor and etc
it's starting to get to a point where they won't be able to keep the cage around humans at all, not just the ones determined enough to find the cracks