Web 2.0/the Social Web vacuumed the novelty and Unique Selling Proposition out of our physical 3rd spaces, leading to their decline, and to the decline of related activities like the serendipitous chance of running into friends and meeting someone new.
The social web in a lot of ways led to our isolation and the amplification of the loneliness epidemic.
Now, these Web 2.0 / Social Web companies are the leaders in building the AI that may artificially treat the epidemic they created.
There's something quite cynically sad about that, and I would love it if we'd move away from these services and back into the "real world."
The social web in a lot of ways led to our isolation and the amplification of the loneliness epidemic.
Now, these Web 2.0 / Social Web companies are the leaders in building the AI that may artificially treat the epidemic they created.
There's something quite cynically sad about that, and I would love it if we'd move away from these services and back into the "real world."