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>I have been in a rut hyper-focusing on ways the internet is used for bad (disinformation, harvesting info, bullying).

i dont see those as bad. Bad would be compromising, ransomeware, etc. Bullying online isnt a thing that's causing mass $ damages. disinformation based on who's definitions?

> It would be lovely to hear some ways the internet is being used for good.

How many of us essentially learn skills off the internet and havent done a class, school, or certification in basically forever? We have supercharged rapid education for the entire globe.

We have just barely started to realize the impact of supercharged education. This goes way beyond watching a youtube video to change a part in a car. The next generation of workers who are struggling to get a job right now are going to be really smart.

But then factor in chatAI and the generation after them will be even better.

My generation is more like stackoverflow, reddit, github. Which you can immediately tell why that was terrible.

The amazing thing about supercharged education, it feeds into literally everything else.






>Bullying online isn’t a thing

I don’t think there’s any reason to read beyond this as I can’t imagine the rest is grounded in reality either




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