While Snap might capture the current zeitgeist of ephemerality, there's also a darker side: lack of historical memory 1/
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In today's Orwellian world where news is not rooted in historical context; or when history itself is changed 2/
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Since no one remember or has time to, this can be quite dangerous. It means what matters is Now and past is irrelevant 3/
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So just like in 1984, one can say "It has always been like this" and there's no historical record to prove otherwise 4/
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So history then becomes what a majority of people at any given time believe it is, not what factually happened. 5/
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Long story short, Snap news seem to be another step towards 1984. Who needs to burn records when they burn themselves?
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FYI new Snapchat update lets you send other people's snap stories to friends - blurring what you leaned on in your post
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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now if only people gave a fuck about social networks. oh well them's the breaks
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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