> one day they will simply slink away in the middle of the night
leaving several thousand mine workers unemployed and holding the
bag.
When that day comes, the moment Facebook and Meta are declared dead I
will go out, order the most expensive bottle of champagne, and
celebrate all night. Future generations of an advanced technological
society will look back in horror and disbelief that a small cadre of
privateers were allowed to run amok dominating the cultural
communications of billions of people. The harms to individuals and
society will take decades to reckon with. The lost opportunities for
us to evolve instead of "amusing ourselves to death" will be one of
the great questions of the future. "Why, while the planet was
burning", they will ask, "did people spend all day sending each other
selfies?"
When that day comes, the moment Facebook and Meta are declared dead I will go out, order the most expensive bottle of champagne, and celebrate all night. Future generations of an advanced technological society will look back in horror and disbelief that a small cadre of privateers were allowed to run amok dominating the cultural communications of billions of people. The harms to individuals and society will take decades to reckon with. The lost opportunities for us to evolve instead of "amusing ourselves to death" will be one of the great questions of the future. "Why, while the planet was burning", they will ask, "did people spend all day sending each other selfies?"