Death Of The Internet

RIP - YOU'LL BE MISSED

We had it good for a while. The freedoms of the internet to connect, share, break down walls and be free from convention - it was great while we had them. The Pirate's Dilemma promised so much.

Regulation, copyright protection, government intervention, corporation control - these have all started the demise and ultimately brought about the death of the internet. Do a search in Google for anything controversial - like torrent sites, government cover-up theories, compromising stories of the rich and powerful or left-field reportage and blogs. Even with a VPN, which used to allow access to stuff that was controlled by IP filters and locked down through various internet service providers - where you could find other countries free from the EU, UK or USA's control, that would show this information, but now the stuff isn't there anymore. Either they have been shut down or the powers that be have restricted their offering. Look at all the videos removed on Youtube for a sign of how heavy handed the copyright laws have become.

With the advances in computer power and low-cost digital filing, we are being monitored and censored like never before. And anything not fitting in with the powers that be is shut down under the name of terrorism, copyright infringement, or merely just because it could upset someone in power. We're being increasingly told what's 'good for us' and what they don't want us to know about is being filtered out. Some of the information could be potentially harmful to minors and yes, some of the digital property needs to be paid for, but the responsibility needs to be in the hands of the individual to make the right choices. That's why the freedom of information act needs to be signed and supported by the population.

The greatest era for learning, connecting and empowerment is here. It's up to us all to ensure it's still here for the future generations to enjoy with the freedom to make the greatest advances in mankind's ongoing development.

Automation

MAN V MACHINE

The technological revolution is here and according to Moore's Law, it's doubling in power, improving and evolving at an increasingly faster rate.

Never before in history have we seen such a transformation to our lives like those experienced with the current technological advances in computerisation - particularly over the last few years. 

Rise Of The Super Computers

Human beings are essentially themselves just biological computers and although the human brain is the most complex/advanced organism in the known universe - it will struggle to retain that crown for much longer. 

A singularity - the point at which our computers will pass humans to become the most advanced and intelligent beings in the universe - is projected to arrive in the not too distant future according to Ray Kurzweil, futurist and author of an interesting book on the possibilities to enhance humans and challenges this will face our future generations.

And so, should we manage to avoid destroying the planet and/or ourselves in the meantime, how will we cope with some of the immediate effects shown in the above video? Self driving cars are already here - albeit in the early stages, but essentially doing a job that millions will lose when the technology irons out those minor glitches, could throw the world into economical melt down. 

We're going to need to adapt fast. Many manual jobs have already been replaced by machines, but if human creativity can even be mimicked and automated too, where does it leave us with work? Just as utilising the horse for transport has long since been replaced with the combustion engine, we will be obsolete in many more ways. 

The Human Aspect

There will still be a need for social interaction/empathy and the human touch and that's where the bulk of the work will be available. Anything that still requires the human element, ie. meaningful connections with other human beings in a genuine, heartfelt and sympathetic way, will still be required, and in even greater demand.

Thus, as computers get better at processing big data, faster at dealing with complex processing and number crunching. it will be the skills of the sympathetic human beings offering their encouragement and support to all those who have become broken trying in vein to keep up. So, it stands to reason, that if we want to future proof ourselves, this will be the greatest commodity for us to master for greatly benefitting ourselves and the future generations to come.