“In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity.

Stupid people, Carlo M. Cipolla explained, share several identifying traits: they are abundant, they are irrational, and they cause problems for others without apparent benefit to themselves, thereby lowering society’s total well-being. There are no defenses against stupidity, argued the Italian-born professor, who died in 2000. The only way a society can avoid being crushed by the burden of its idiots is if the non-stupid work even harder to offset the losses of their stupid brethren.”

https://qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity

damn, that looks fun!

The Spazzening

wait. they have something in their Terms of Service that prevents you from deleting stuff you posted? That sounds illegal.

it be a slippery slope

this talk is basically a short version of Cory’s new book. To get a gist of it, check out reviews like: https://apnews.com/article/internet-con-doctorow-book-review-9a5645c075fa495f701481d50f3917c8

let’s see what the Digital Markets Act will accomplish. it’s a slow process for sure …

“self regulating bodies”

Alt Link: https://media.defcon.org/DEF CON 31/DEF CON 31 video and slides/DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification - Cory Doctorow.mp4

you know what, I didn’t even notice (just copied from video). Title edited.

enshittification all the way down

Pikachuception

Seems like the common vibe in “gaming” articles lately. Low hanging fruit Clickbait slathered in ads and autoplaying videos.

“I slipped and programmed a pop up. Whoopsiedaisy”

למה לא

Watching that felt like a true pilgrimage!

Yeah! That’s a classic.

rolls charisma 1

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Exactly. That kind of stuff is not what many companies would approve to officially represent their product. Then again, it is weirdly on brand of course …

How dare!