I think you've definitely hit on the core problem. It's certainly possible that the Network will eventually rival the power of the State and God. The latter two have a head start of thousands of years, and perhaps it's unfair to judge the network when it's only been around for a few decades. But I think it is entirely fair to say that it…
I think you've definitely hit on the core problem. It's certainly possible that the Network will eventually rival the power of the State and God. The latter two have a head start of thousands of years, and perhaps it's unfair to judge the network when it's only been around for a few decades. But I think it is entirely fair to say that it's not there now.
I think your point about Balaji being in a bubble is a good one. It's easy to get deep into a particular specialized community (something the Network excels at) and think that it's a majority. It's along the lines of the apocryphal Pauline Kael quote "I can’t believe Nixon won. I don’t know anyone who voted for him." Only the siloing enabled by the Network makes it even more pernicious. "How could the Network fail, everyone I know is working so hard on it."
But that's only in the bubble outside of the bubble, people are only involved as long as it's easier to click than to unclick.
I think you've definitely hit on the core problem. It's certainly possible that the Network will eventually rival the power of the State and God. The latter two have a head start of thousands of years, and perhaps it's unfair to judge the network when it's only been around for a few decades. But I think it is entirely fair to say that it's not there now.
I think your point about Balaji being in a bubble is a good one. It's easy to get deep into a particular specialized community (something the Network excels at) and think that it's a majority. It's along the lines of the apocryphal Pauline Kael quote "I can’t believe Nixon won. I don’t know anyone who voted for him." Only the siloing enabled by the Network makes it even more pernicious. "How could the Network fail, everyone I know is working so hard on it."
But that's only in the bubble outside of the bubble, people are only involved as long as it's easier to click than to unclick.