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Wounded Bear

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22. Along with the usual exploitation by bad actors...

Reply to reACTIONary (Reply #16)

Thu May 13, 2021, 01:07 PM

May 2021

OTOH, if it had actually been "planned" we might have foreseen what has happened and did something to alleviate the worst of it. But, as usual, we're playing catch up.

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Is it safe to say... [View all] Roland99 May 2021 OP

I just about spit MuseRider May 2021 #1

Hehe Roland99 May 2021 #2

! Hugin May 2021 #3

Tim Berners-Lee agrees. intheflow May 2021 #4

Thanks. Will read that later Roland99 May 2021 #24

What does? Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #5

For most of us, it has gone well. Probatim May 2021 #8

Well said, critical thinking along with common sense. gab13by13 May 2021 #10

Bingo!! Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #23

Exactly! Thanks for pointing that out. nt reACTIONary May 2021 #15

Every recent large change in how we distribute information has resulted in political unrest... Wounded Bear May 2021 #6

Agree. And in every case... reACTIONary May 2021 #16

Along with the usual exploitation by bad actors... Wounded Bear May 2021 #22

Whatever the original plans may have been, and with a nearly total ignorance of these plans, Beastly Boy May 2021 #7

TMI? keithbvadu2 May 2021 #9

The age greatly enhanced knowledge Roc2020 May 2021 #11

meh. i've been on since it was darpa. mopinko May 2021 #17

I agree.... reACTIONary May 2021 #26

Would you include... reACTIONary May 2021 #19

No. Neither were chatrooms Roc2020 May 2021 #25

Is it the celebrities ... reACTIONary May 2021 #27

the internet, where your wildest/craziest fantasies can be 'validated' spanone May 2021 #12

It's okay. The Republicans in Texas are fighting back. mjvpi May 2021 #13

I am sure that the first person to use a rock to pound a stick in the ground felt the same way... cayugafalls May 2021 #14

stealing. mopinko May 2021 #18

It's safe to say no period of human history has gone "as planned". Act_of_Reparation May 2021 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author mopinko May 2021 #21