How we need to remake the internet

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In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision of the internet as public commons where humanity could share its knowledge -- but even then, this vision was haunted by the dark side of how it could turn out: with personal devices that control our lives, monitor our data and feed us stimuli. (Sound familiar?) In this visionary talk, Lanier reflects on a "globally tragic, astoundingly ridiculous mistake" companies like Google and Facebook made at the foundation of digital culture -- and how we can undo it. "We cannot have a society in which, if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen is if it's financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them," he says.

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Emily G
Netflix also had a problem with adding too many horror movies and movies that are just so damn depressing within a very short period of time –and suggesting them repeatedly, regardless of what was watched.
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I love this video.
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Mohinder L
Is that English?
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