Maria Ressa on the Internet

I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world, and I am amazed that we have allowed our freedoms to be taken away by technology companies’ greed for growth and revenues.

I think we’re living through a very unique moment where again it proves that information is power. It’s a completely chaotic time where technology has helped make facts disputable, eroded truth, and crippled trust.

I assume you are on the Internet. If you are not, then pardon my French, but vous êtes un big loser. Today EVERYBODY is on the Internet, including the primitive Mud People of the Amazon rain forest. In the old days, when the Mud People needed food, they had to manually throw spears at wild boars; whereas today they simply get on the Internet, go to www.spear-a-boar.com and click their mouse a few times (the Mud People use actual mice). Within three business days, a large box is delivered to them by a UPS driver, whom they eat.

Dave Barryborn 1947

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The Internet is a giant international network of intelligent, informed computer enthusiasts, by which I mean, “people without lives.” We don’t care. We have each other…

Dave Barryborn 1947

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The Internet: Transforming Society and Shaping the Future Through Chat.

Dave Barryborn 1947

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