This is very interesting to watch in the context of the last 8 or 9 years. Tom was incredibly accurate about how the internet acting as a mob during controversy would only get worse. The rise of...
This is very interesting to watch in the context of the last 8 or 9 years. Tom was incredibly accurate about how the internet acting as a mob during controversy would only get worse. The rise of the Alt-right to the mainstream, the anti-woke movement, all examples of what he was describing.
He wasn't quite accurate in his guesses on live streaming becoming ubiquitous, but I think you can see echoes of what he was saying today; people now have to assume they may be recorded, wherever they are. Many of the mob who stormed the Capitol on January 6th were identified by publically posted videos from other people in their own movement. Regularly, we see viral video that alters the lives of its subjects as a consequence of poor behavior, even if we can't find someone from one of a hundred geotagged livestream. I am reminded of the short movement, around when Roe v. Wade was overturned, to stalk the conservative justices in their private lives and protest, though that didn't really stick. Can anyone else think of any other examples in recent years where the internet mass stalked?
It was an interesting watch, thanks for sharing OP.
Livestreaming does seem to stay more in the realm of gaming, but consider the turnaround of video content shot from the Ukrainian front lines. It's often mere hours. Straight from the horse's...
Livestreaming does seem to stay more in the realm of gaming, but consider the turnaround of video content shot from the Ukrainian front lines. It's often mere hours. Straight from the horse's mouth.
Or when an earthquake happens it'll take minutes for people to upload videos to Twitter. It's not live, but damn close.
One grim example of this actually happening is when that school shooter livestreamed his shooting.
I don't think he was too far off. While not ubiquitous, it's there.
This is very interesting to watch in the context of the last 8 or 9 years. Tom was incredibly accurate about how the internet acting as a mob during controversy would only get worse. The rise of the Alt-right to the mainstream, the anti-woke movement, all examples of what he was describing.
He wasn't quite accurate in his guesses on live streaming becoming ubiquitous, but I think you can see echoes of what he was saying today; people now have to assume they may be recorded, wherever they are. Many of the mob who stormed the Capitol on January 6th were identified by publically posted videos from other people in their own movement. Regularly, we see viral video that alters the lives of its subjects as a consequence of poor behavior, even if we can't find someone from one of a hundred geotagged livestream. I am reminded of the short movement, around when Roe v. Wade was overturned, to stalk the conservative justices in their private lives and protest, though that didn't really stick. Can anyone else think of any other examples in recent years where the internet mass stalked?
It was an interesting watch, thanks for sharing OP.
Livestreaming does seem to stay more in the realm of gaming, but consider the turnaround of video content shot from the Ukrainian front lines. It's often mere hours. Straight from the horse's mouth.
Or when an earthquake happens it'll take minutes for people to upload videos to Twitter. It's not live, but damn close.
One grim example of this actually happening is when that school shooter livestreamed his shooting.
I don't think he was too far off. While not ubiquitous, it's there.