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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Oh the irony. An interview with TimBL about the difference between the "good internet" and the "bad internet", preceded by an ad for HP. One of leading proponents of the cancerous cartel style of corporate growth that led to the "bad internet";

https://alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/153-the-man-who-invented-the-internet-tim-berners-lee/

Frustrating too that all TimBL seems to want to criticise about the DataFarmers is the addictiveness of their platform. Not surveillance advertising, or anticompetitive tactics, etc.

#podcasts #TheRestOfPolitics #Leading

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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

It's so disappointing to notice how much TimBL's ability to understand and articulate tech concepts has declined, and especially his lack of awareness of it.

No disrespect intended, age takes the edge off us all eventually, and the guy is about 80 now. But as a globally known tech celebrity, his opinion still carries a lot of weight. So when he waxes woolly on #MOLE Training as if it's capable of creating superintelligence, with Trained MOLEs taking over the world, people take it seriously. 🤦‍♂️

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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

But if you're trying to understand the me-too-ism that's making EU governments to flush millions of dollars of tech investment down the #MOLE Training toilet, along with the this interview with US and China, this TimBL interview on Leading is illuminating;

https://alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/153-the-man-who-invented-the-internet-tim-berners-lee/

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