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On 03/11/2020 05:34, Mike Dougherty wrote:<br>
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"I haven't decided if this anthropomorphic Humanity is a
"terrible twos" <br>
baby or a pubescent tween. Too bad we don't have an older
sibling role <br>
model. :)"<br>
<br>
Exactly. I'm no more suggesting we 'ban the internet' (as you
say, a <br>
silly idea) than you would suggest imprisoning babies or
pubescent <br>
youths because of their immaturity.<br>
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<div>I guess my point was more in line with scapegoating the
internet as an obvious solution once it's identified as THE
cause of our current woes.</div>
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Maybe I was too clickbait-y, and sidetracked myself. What I was
supposed to be suggesting was: What if it's our <i>use</i> of the
internet (not the internet itself) that's the biggest problem?
Analogy with fire. Or knives. Or just about any technology, really.<br>
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"All we have to do to solve our current woes is "ban" the internet"<br>
<br>
That doesn't follow, ...<br>
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<div>"Of course it follows. If the source of our current woes is
drunk driving, we ban drinking and therefore the problem is
solved. It's really very simple when there is a single cause to a
complex problem."</div>
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'Banning the internet' only follows if you're a politician or
journalist. They seem to be the main people who think (or behave as
though they think) things are that simple.<br>
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I think the equivalent here is banning driving (the technology), not
banning drinking (the behaviour). And of course, in practice, we
don't ban either, we ban the specific combination of driving while
drunk.<br>
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And I think I'd prefer "All we have to do to solve our current woes
is 'ban' the internet". Using escape characters would probably
escape most people, and they'd just think they were typos.<br>
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Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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