Chew the Fat

Social Media version 1. I like what he is saying.

"The 2010s were defined by centralisation. Platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Instagram are centralised social platforms, Google is a centralised search platform, and Amazon is a centralised e-commerce platform.

The handful of companies that became dominant in this world of centralisation have dominated the decade.

At Disciple, we believe the 2020s will be defined by decentralisation, particularly in the world of social media and community.

Social media platforms began the decade as symbols of a brave new world where we could all connect with each other and where every citizen of the world could be heard.

Today, the story is very different. Social media has lost the trust of not only citizens, but also brands and creators. Citizens are mined for their data and fed an endless stream of fake news and toxicity. Brands and creators are charged ever-higher fees to reach their own community and are drowned out by noise.

As we enter the third decade of the third millennium, social media has fractured the world, not connected it. However, if we look past the dystopic story of social media V1, we can see that online social networks have become vitally important for both citizens and brands and for society as a whole.

We all want to connect online, and the 2010s taught us how to. We just want to be able to connect in smaller communities that can truly reflect our own needs and interests.

Benji

CEO & Founder"

Author Stephen King quits Facebook

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51372018

Hydrogen super yacht

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne…20%251%24s

Yep, first thing I thought.

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Kevin McClouds rough guide to the future on channel 4. Not sure how many episodes.

It's amazing!! Get it on catchup if you haven't seen it.

We better all learn how to be two faced

Orwell’s 1984 WAS a disturbing read 20 years ago, alas it’s come to pass, even here in this country..... the generation has embraced technology (contactless payment/phone payment/social media tagging/geo-location/smart home) etc, the governments are pushing for a complete cashless society....... hence the move towards bank closures, extortionate fees for ATM withdrawals pushing us all the time towards a no cash society...... that’s exactly government policy, exactly where they want us, they then have FULL CONTROL over you, with the push of a button they can stop you having access to money/control/decisions..... look at Greece in the financial crash, citizens limited to €20 per day withdrawal, denied THEIR own money.... government had control. The only safe currency will be precious metals, gold etc..... many communities already hold their wealth in such and this will continue until control over that happens and becomes a capital offence to do so.....It’s only the beginning, a very dystopian future lies ahead.
Big brother has long since arrived, ‘O’Brien’ walks amongst us, Winston can rebel but will be crushed !.....
and our young generation are using the ‘speekwrite’ to comply, the telescreen to inform and news-speak is the new language.
Be afraid, be very afraid.

If you haven’t already read Orwell’s 1984 and indeed animal farm then go get a copy, take a couple of nights and see just how much it applies today.

Yeah watched it all.

Oh no

Great video.

Interesting at this point to see what happens next with him, he's downward spiralling at a fast rate.

Shhh don't be giving them ideas they're bad enough

I got notified I need no extra insurance and can park for free whilst I am helping the NHS. (Council car parks)

That was an issue, as although not getting paid it is work.

the accident I referred to was in the middle of nowhere on the way to nothing, hence why my brain started working overtime

So I was wondering to myself what Amazon and Jeff Bezos personally is doing to help the Covid 19 crisis. Especially seeing how Amazon, the worlds most valuable company, and Jeff Bezos, the world richest man, is seeing their profits peak due to the crisis. So what’s he doing?

Great work Bezos, you creep!

https://www.independent.co.uk/…22236.html

I thought when Trump halted the US funding to the WHO, about $400 million, that would have been an ideal opportunity for Amazon, if only for PR purposes, to step in and right the cheque. After all, Amazon are making way more than that because of the pandemic and they pay no taxes. Bezos has increased his personal wealth by more than $5.5 billion alone because of Covid! But no, nothing. They start a fund for the public to donate to his workers. You couldn’t make this crap up.

Hack his phone ?

https://www.theguardian.com/te…own-prince