Nicholas Thompson, writing in The New Yorker, says “One way to change something big is to get people really riled up about how you’ve changed something small. Repaint the boat, and let them to argue about that. By the time they’ve realized that green is no worse than blue, they won’t have
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the energy to wonder whether it was a smart idea for you to set sail for Australia. Inadvertently, perhaps, this seems like Facebook’s strategy this week.”
I believe Mr. Thompson has hit the nail on the proverbial head, except I don’t think it was inadvertent at all. I don’t know Mark Zuckerberg, but I know he’s not dumb.
While we’re all complaining about the relocation of the birthday announcements and that epilepsy inducing streaming status update thingie, Facebook is preparing to make some big changes. According to the New Yorker article, Zuckerberg’s goal is to make facebook the place where we watch music videos and films, where we can read entire magazines online, the go to place for all of our internet needs.
In short, Mark Zuckerberg wants to take over the world. First, I must confess that I don’t understand it all. I am about 5 years behind the technological curve. Still, I’m an avid user and I’ve got my opinions.
I’m excited, but also afraid. The internet is constantly evolving, developments will lead to other developments, pictures will get bigger and sharper, speeds will get faster, and whatever Mark Zuckerberg has up his nasty, greedy, grasping little sleeves, it won’t be the last word. He’s not the only computer geek who wants to control the world. Between them, they seem to be building an artificial intelligence, a world mind, and I think that could lead to fantastic things.
Short term, though, Mark Zuckerberg could wind up making Rupert Murdoch look like a grade school gossip. It is way too much power to have in one person’s hands.
For myself, I’m going to continue using Facebook, because I want to direct traffic over here to my blog. I really don’t care what anybody had for breakfast.
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