So basically what it all comes down to is competition and not just greed like most people believe. If you don't make more money than the competition, you will fail. That's why companies keep getting bought out all the time, they lost this game. Most people have no idea just how many companies they know are owned by bigger ones they may not know. The whole thing is conglomerating like the T-1000 after it had been shattered and melted. So rabid profit chasing is a matter of survival.
I'm reminded of this book I had as a kid. It explained so many things so easily. It explained how an ICE works by using analogous items you'd already know as a kid for every part of the engine. For example, for the fuel injector it showed a perfume spray bottle. It was brilliant, and why it was never required reading in school is a mystery and tragedy.
Not a stupid question at all, but honestly I don't know. I have seen that capability on other sites, so it's possible. If someone else doesn't answer here, you could probably look it up.
I don’t think our government institutions are able to address the speed at which things are developing.
No, our current institutions are relics of our childhood stage, completely inadequate for handling the powers that science and technology have given us (our adult power). What we need is something completely different.
Primate brains. It all feeds back into itself as this destructive cycle.
Primate brains with the capability for higher, rational thought, but only when adequately trained.
I see it like we as a civilization are in the teenager stage of development: with the powers of an adult (including the ability to greatly harm ourselves and others), but still with the maturity and self control of a child. We technically know how to be a responsible adult (civilization), but we can't help partying, fighting and drunk driving etc. We need to grow up fast.
Fun and Interesting ads are actually the worst ones, because they get you to associate pleasant feelings with their product/service/brand, which dilutes your ability to make rational, objective choices about them. That's one of the ways that they are manipulating you.
Forums can and do go down or get deleted, there’s nothing inherent to it that makes it stay any longer then discord messages.
You're comparing apples to vegetables here. Sure, forums can go down, but not all of them do. Take Reddit, it's been around a long time and many people use it for troubleshooting. As for discoverability, a lot of the time when I do a web search for a problem, it points to one or more discussions on Reddit. And that's just one example.
Interesting. So the "post-truth era" isn't just for the masses, but the rich as well, as they cannibalise each other.