According to the International Telecommunications Union, by the end of 2018, more than а half of human population will be connected to the web. Should we celebrate or mourn?
“The Resident”, ie. Lori Harfenist, is worried about the Internet getting the will on his own through AI… Personally, I’m not worried because there is no AI in sight by a long stretch. It’s another Matrix “labeling mix” — there is no AI where you have a cable and a plug that you can unplug from the electric socket. We do have pretty well developed expert systems (like Google, for example), but that is not AI. True AI have to have self-awareness, self-sustenance and — curiosity.
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Are there any good consequences of this rise of the Internet acceptance? Yes. Web has brought new ways of manipulation, but also allowed free flow of information, which is not possible any more at the “old fashioned” controlled corporate media — newspapers, radio, TV network… The election of Donald Trump for the President of the United States, was in its essence a quiet revolution that buried old style corporate media and deprived them of power. Internet took over, and Trump started communicating with his electoral base through Twitter!
Furthermore, Internet allowed measuring almost instant reaction to some of the political moves. For example: Trump suddenly announced troops withdrawal from Syria. The move made a great commotion in the corporate media and caused a series of resignations of the “swamp creatures”. Yet, lo and behold! Internet recorded that Trump’s rating after this move — went up!
Yes, Internet can be terribly abused, but Internet also brought us a possibility to hear the truth from the several sides… like Wikileaks. Or from Senator Rand Paul. Or from professor Richard Wolff. Or through the Steemit’s 
And, of course, with more than half of World population connected to the net, you are at the greatest platform for creating a new blockchain economy, learning about cryptocurrencies and liberating yourselves from the banking cartels and their government puppets. Creating a New world of free people — what more could you want?
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