• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    a precursor believed to be the real origin

    You make it sound like this was 10000 years ago and archeologists had to figure that out on dig sites. It’s well-known that the internet developed out of the ARPANET.

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      47 minutes ago

      I believe it is on lemmy and you’re right since most users of this platform are here for a reason, and it mostly comes from witnessing first hand digital changes, mine is seeing recurring patterns of digital weaponization and coporate/governmental appropriation of the digital medium.

      But to most people, using facebook, tiktok, using public access internet with no filtering of their IP or using the router your ISP gave you is totally valid and the broad public lacks the knowledge to understand why some people default to avoiding these options and why there is a moral explanation for why the internet should not be used with ignorance. My sharing of a historical fact was only because I made the error of thinking this was not public knowledge here.