You think there’s an argument for social media being seen as a public utility, today or in the near future?
impossible to discuss free speech vs. a monopoly’s right to absolute autonomy until we accept 1) we now largely live extra-physically, *in* the internet (enormous paradigm shift - swallow it, digest it) 2) inability to speak on the internet effectively erases a person from public
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railroads at the turn of the 19th century are somewhat comparable, but this is unprecedented territory. we have to think through the problem ourselves. still working through it all myself.
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haven’t thought much about it — how is this related to clear self-expression?
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I used to think this way then I got an offline life I recommend it
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you literally tweeted this
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i see where you’re coming from, but think the more compelling question in this vein is whether an american politician will ever again win an election without an online campaign
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