On: 37% of the world’s population have still never used the internet

[beebeepka]

Might be a blessing in disguise.

Instead of bringing people together,the internet somehow managed to corner the masses back to their respective roots or fringes, then pit them against each other or against professional trolls and "AI". So sad. It's not a new development, either. It was true 10 years ago. Not sure if things are worse now. I think they are. Censorship wasn't as as it is now. It's everywhere

[rocknor → beebeepka]

Ha, first world problems. For a poor person, having an internet connection massively improves quality of life, end of story.

[beebeepka → rocknor]

Bulgaria is hardly first world, rocknor.

If you can't tell, I am all for the internet but I am scared because I've seen what it can do to the masses who were largely unprepared to face enemies such as fb and the armies of professional trolls forming public opinion online

[DarylZero → rocknor]

It's a paradox of division. For each person having internet improves qualify of life. But does the internet improve the whole society?

Sometimes having the internet improved your life, until the internet caused a war that killed you.