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The internet has become stale
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You aren't even old enough to see when the internet was really wild lol. My suggestion would be to just get off the internet. There's so much of it that it doesn't seem like there's anything. Its the same with streaming services. The variety you get in searches is definitely not there like it used to be before AI really started dictating how search engines did stuff, but there is still plenty out there. There used to be a website that would direct you to a random interesting website every time you refreshed also. Can't exactly remember what it was called or know if it is still around, but that was a pretty interesting way to look for stuff.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
When one is bored with the creations of (all) others in the world, it’s time to become a creator yourself. Ask not what the Internet can do for you… ask what you can do for the Internet?
Creation is much harder than consumption. But if you want intellectual stimulation for the rest of your life, start making brand new things from nothing. You can’t reach the “boring” end of that kind of activity in a thousand lifetimes.
Creation is much harder than consumption. But if you want intellectual stimulation for the rest of your life, start making brand new things from nothing. You can’t reach the “boring” end of that kind of activity in a thousand lifetimes.
As long as you are creating. Not just rehashing others ideas again and again.
That is the main problem with the internet. Lack of originality. Content created to promote the creator and nothing else.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
If the creator delights in their creations, problem solved for OP... even if the rest of us see nothing in their creations... as they no longer seem to see in everyone else's creations.
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Man, not for me. I was always on my Commodore 64. I only went outside when my mom forced me.
But I will say, life back then made me socialize as I was still pretty outgoing. I was forced to go to my parent's church. You had to go and shop for everything. Everything is just too easy to just stay home now.
It's not even just the internet is stale. There is no discovering a new artist at Musicland. Everyone knows about everything as soon as it happens, so there is just plain less wonder in the world. I purposely add friction to my life. I go out into the world (as I am isolated with my family on a ranch in "flyover country") as often as I can.
But when I visit my brother in a big city? He doordashes. He get everything delivered. He doesn't have to go anywhere. Not sure this is a good thing.
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Back in the '80s in LA my roommate & I would walk several blocks to the pub for Guinness & darts then walk home at 2 AM.
No way I would do that now even if I could carry.
No way I would do that now even if I could carry.
This is a fairly common view these days.
Serious question: How much has the world changed around us, and how much have we changed?
It was plenty hairy, wild, and dangerous out there from the '70s to the '90s...but we all collectively shrugged and accepted it. At least...that's the way I remember it.
Heck, I was in in honest-to-God shootout (a car break-in that I interrupted) back about '93...and it barely phased the neighborhood or cops. Did not make the news, nothing changed or was affected by it. Somehow the reaction would be more alarmist today. The world seems collectively more alarmist, cautious, or is more reactionary. I feel like we are all willing to take less risk, both online and in real life.
Good point. Studies have repeatedly shown that bad things are generally much less likely to happen now compared to like 40 or 50 years ago. But if you ask an average person, they would say things are much worse now.
I think bad things are just as likely to happen as 40-50 years ago. It’s just back then you mostly heard about what was happening locally. But now we hear about everything everywhere. So it seems worse.
Of course it’s when bad things happen to you and yours that it matters in a much different way than what’s going on around the other side of the globe.
I’m fortunate I live in a relatively safe place. Plenty of places I’d prefer not to live. Most big cities seem a lot less safe than they did when I was younger for example.
The internet has become stale
I'll interpret this as "technology has become stale" based on the context of your post. I have seen many major eras of rapid innovation - from arpanet (which became the internet), the rise of Windows and personal computers, the explosive growth of the web. The amazing search capabilities of google and resources of youtube. I can now search the New York Times for every articles written since 1851.Don't see this changing. With Apple's Vision Pro, despite its limitations, the VR marketplace is exploding with many new devices which have been announced. There is no way to tell where this is all going to lead. Just updated my Vision Pro favorite apps article and someone has created an app with something entirely new in every issue. 3D movie shooting requires a complete rehaul of the movie production process as it limits the use of microphones, trolleys, etc. Using a dual fisheye lens I find I have to learn a whole new set of skills as it changes things so much.
Simlarly AI is going to eventually have a massive societal impact which nobody right now really understands.
Many of these changes will be delivered via the Internet. The rate of innovation and change in technology isn't stagnant. It may be accelerating.
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I like this.
It is usually the "little things" that can help you figure out the "management that you are unable to see" and gets referenced to in "put it where everyone can see it and nobody will be able to see it".
Thank you. You motivated me to finish my project. I just wanted to say thank you. I am not done yet, but pretty close. Been working hard on my project to create a portal of my dreams. Even if it won't have any users I can still proudly say I made it.
I also have my own slice in the Interweb-Community-Cloud-Thingy, and kick-backs are really not necessary for my general health.
It serves me well to just have a space to create, explore and produce things that feed my soul
Stale! Might depend on what perspective you have?
If anyone feels things have become stale, you might need to explore other things in your life -
Online and /or off-line.
Internet have of course matured, but stale? Nah, it would be like saying Earth have become stale 😂
Well, maybe Earth has always been stale, other planets are so ahead of us, we are so stuck in matter on Earth. But I see it as an interesting experiment, that’s it 😱
Anyway, I use some services online, I check up various news, such as MacRumors and other Mac-sites.
Then life goes on....😉
If anyone feels things have become stale, you might need to explore other things in your life -
Online and /or off-line.
Internet have of course matured, but stale? Nah, it would be like saying Earth have become stale 😂
Well, maybe Earth has always been stale, other planets are so ahead of us, we are so stuck in matter on Earth. But I see it as an interesting experiment, that’s it 😱
Anyway, I use some services online, I check up various news, such as MacRumors and other Mac-sites.
Then life goes on....😉
I am currently experimenting with multi-level learning with my kiddos . . . they are (in the aggregate) not comfortable with didactic, interpretive, or multi-modal learning.
Much of my modeling of the application of the analysis of the Scientific Method is lost in their comprehension:
Why do we do what we do?
Why are we doing (the things) that which we do?
How do we do what we are asked to do, all-the-while being asked to (honestly) reflect upon that which we do?
It's a lot to ask of a young person. But, I am assured that I am on the right track when their minds are stimulated to ask even more questions.
It all begins with a "Why?"
The internet is becoming a mere conduit for applications. Arguably we're on the threshold of the most exciting (and terrifying) technological leaps in history: AI, automation, AR/VR, robotics, biotech/cybernetics (and combinations of the above).
(Yes, I know generative AI is overhyped but it's just scratching the surface)
Whether the future is the Metaverse or visionOS (or both) remains to be seen.
I for one am looking forward to the post-smartphone era, if only for the end of vertical video.
(Yes, I know generative AI is overhyped but it's just scratching the surface)
Whether the future is the Metaverse or visionOS (or both) remains to be seen.
I for one am looking forward to the post-smartphone era, if only for the end of vertical video.
It is definitely not stale. Problem is ads are like 60% of content now. (Not everywhere that high but a good amount) Anything higher than 50% is not good or favorable. No next killer app that has taken off yet either. Does not have to be exactly that.
Sadly I can't see ads decreasing anytime soon, especially since the future of streaming is said to be FAST.
Just renewed my ad-blocker for another year. It's not free, but affordable, and it makes surfinfg the waves on the web much more pleasant.
Monetizing the internet is continualling and will not stop, just look at how much work youtube is in trying to stop ad blockers and inserting more and different ads into the videos. Its only going to get worse
With YouTube Premium you don't see any ads.
That't what happens - you pay to not see ads.
I get roasted every time I mention my dislike of vertical video, but as someone who edited video for a living for a decade it drives me bonkers.