Bedtime.
The latest Some More News was definitely worth a chuckle-sob. It's about how different stages of the internet gutted whatever solid news media systems we might've built on this medium instead.
Importantly, it also notes how brief the era of stronger news economies always was - but it could've gone further on that point. We have *always* been susceptible to grifts & hustle culture.
Building helpful knowledge economies is tough. Tearing them down? Too easy. 👎
@MLClark This feels similar to the 'potential' good that the world believed in, way back in time, when the television was a new thing.Americans are going to be sooo smart 'cause they will have so much educational programming on tv! Yeah, did not happen that way. Not even close.
As a kid, I remember watching children's programs and thinking about the immigrants in my neighbourhood who were at home all day, in part for lack of English. I had this big idea that maybe public television could have ESL programming for them, too, to improve overall civic health. Alas, I remember an adult telling me that funding for children's programming is easy, but there's politics to the rest.
Crushed my little heart, to realize how small-minded we are even with a bounty of tech.
@MLClark ❤️ John Lennon’s song “Imagine” in a nutshell. Why is there politics in helping people who need help? …from infants through the elderly. Money is one reason, I know, but still feels like it should be like this. (Pre-coffee thoughts)