Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "My Thoughts on the Proposed US TikTok Ban" video.

  1. I don't like the "ban" mentality; it's lazy. But tiktok behaves like a cyber-virus, so drastic measures may be more effective in the long run than a "rights and responsibilities" slow-roll to solution. Banning it for spy reasons accomplishes the more desirable goal of neutralizing its social "value", such as it is. There's "clutter", and then, there's, "trash"...too much of a good thing is a bad thing...
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  2. We're living in the dawn of the Information Age; so, there are special circumstances stemming from its NOVELTY. We're pioneering a sensible basis for managing life in an age of information predominance. In the previous age, we survived by trusting, because nothing changed VERY FAST--at the time we discovered our trust was misplaced we still had time to correct or recover our course. We could afford to trust. Now, we don't have that luxury, as digital damage may be virtually instantaneous, and intractable/incurable. This eventuality necessitates a NEW RESPONSE to personal authority--one suited to the Information Age. The penetration of information has to be...modulated...buffered...impeded...Transaction speed is how cyber killed the industrial age--the impact of "scale" has changed how we, not only think, but, also, apprehend. I see a greater proportion of people giving up in the face of the intimidation of mounting complexity...retreating into simplicity as a refuge.
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