• PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    23
    ·
    edit-2
    9 days ago

    My two cents:

    There is going to be resource wars all over the globe plus lots of death because so many people in the world are easily manipulated to do horrible things via algorithm driven propaganda on social media. If we don’t stop social media from destroying human culture, then nothing will ever get done to fix the environment because we will be too divided.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      edit-2
      9 days ago

      The (consumer) Internet was supposed to open up communication across borders and expose everyone to the full wealth of human knowledge.

      Instead it got taken over by a handful of nerds to rule the world by controlling the flow of memes.

      Potato, Potato, I suppose.

    • StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      8 days ago

      I think this too, but also that most people won’t know that they’re resource wars because all of the news and information channels will be so heavily controlled that everything is going to be spun as ideological threats and moral imperatives. The world is going to be dying around us, and anyone who mentions it will get pushed to the top of the undesirable list.