If you have the world on a string, it’s pretty certain that the world has you on a string back. I am talking about the Internet of course, having lavished praise on it last week for the way in which it has become the hive-mind and most brilliant collection of knowledge we have known in mankind.
Early adoption of technologies can come with some advantages. If you know what Netscape or Geocities are, then you know what I mean. Before the Internet was taken over by corporate greed and general ugh, it took some work to get content on there and you had to contend with a lot of generally friendly banter. Then Facebook happened. It is too easy and kind of boring to make jokes about Mark Zuckerberg at this point in time so let me just say I was struck by an article showing how he wanted to provide “free Internet” to India I believe — so long as it was locked into his platform. Nice play, getting the largest ‘freeish’ population in the world to give you their personal data because you are offering a “free” service. For the record, they did not fall for the ruse.
