It's hard to model motivations of many internet archetypes: open source, reddit mods, warez scene Theory: We're trending towards more people defining their in-groups (values, beliefs, interests) via the internet. How avg person views personal growth will become less predictable.
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Consequence is we'll be baffled by trends built on uniform assumptions about individual incentives. Ex: why are young men not looking for work? This is prob the biggest demographic where in-groups are varying more b/c of internet. The way they're differentiating is illegible
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You could independently explore and expand your values, beliefs, and interests before the internet of course (books, magazines, radio) but this is more centrally organized (restricting depth and breadth) and mainly 1-way (meaning it is lonelier than internet communities)
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