http://simia.net/api.php?hidebots=1&urlversion=1&days=7&limit=50&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomSimia - Recent changes [en]2024-03-28T20:52:12ZTrack the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed.MediaWiki 1.32.0http://simia.net/index.php?title=35th_birthday_of_the_Web&diff=2582&oldid=035th birthday of the Web2024-03-25T17:44:31Z<p>Created page with "{{pubdate|{{subst:CURRENTDAY}}|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} Celebrating the 35th birthday of the World Wide Web, a letter by its founder, Tim Berners-Le..."</p>
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Celebrating the 35th birthday of the World Wide Web, a letter by its founder, Tim Berners-Lee.<br />
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Discussing some of the issues of the Web of today: too much centralization, too much exploitation, too much disinformation, all made even more dire by the development of AI.<br />
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What to do? Some of the solution the letter mentions are Mastodon, a decentralized social network, and Solid, a Web-standards-based data governance solution, but it recognizes that more is needed, "to back the morally courageous leadership that is rising, collectivise their solutions, and to overturn the online world being dictated by profit to one that is dictated by the needs of humanity." I agree with that, but find it a bit vague.<br />
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* [https://webfoundation.org/2024/03/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter/ Tim Berners-Lee on the 35th birthday of the Web, Web Foundation]<br />
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I first was terribly annoyed that the letter was [https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42 published on Medium], as this is a symptom of the centralization of the Web. I say, completely conscious that I am [https://www.facebook.com/vrandezo/posts/pfbid02NETG3TifKWkdtJ7X97DBjquYEYKuirh5Zgtay1MTD87B3NNLzt3d88Q3wAHjjmQXl discussing it on Facebook]. Obviously, both of this should be happening on our own domains, and it also does: I link not to Medium, but to the Web Foundation site, and I also have this posted on my own site and on my Mastodon account. So, it is there, on the real Web, not just on the closed walled gardens of Facebook and on one of the megasites such as Medium. But there is no indication of engagement on the Web Foundation's post, whereas the Medium article records more than 10,000 reactions, and my Facebook post will also show more reactions than my Website (but the Mastodon page could be competitive with Facebook for me).<br />
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I want to believe that Solid is the next important step, but [https://blog.ldodds.com/2024/03/12/baffled-by-solid/ Leigh Dodds's recent post on Solid], and particularly the discussion in the post, didn't inspire hope.<br />
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Rainbows end.<br />
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The book, written in 2006, was set in 2025 in San Diego. Its author, Vernor Vinge, died yesterday, March 20, 2024, in nearby La Jolla, at the age of 79.<br />
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Rainbows end explores themes such as shared realities, digital surveillance, and the digitisation of the world, years before Marc Andreessen proclaimed that "software is eating the word", describing it much more colorfully and rich than Andreessen ever did.<br />
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His other work that I enjoyed is True Names, discussing anonymity and pseudonymity on the Web. A version of the book was published with essays by Marvin Minsky, Danny Hillis, and others. who were inspired by True Names.<br />
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His Science Fiction was in a rare genre, which I love to read more about: mostly non-dystopian, in the nearby future, hard sci-fi, and yet, imaginative, exploring novel technologies and their implications on individuals and society.<br />
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* [https://photos.app.goo.gl/dyYBQKRWDSgidBwaA Photo of a sign I took in 2008 in New Zealand, pointing to Rainbows End - a local theme park.]<br />
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</table>Dennyhttp://simia.net/index.php?title=From_vexing_uncertainty_to_intellectual_humility&diff=2572&oldid=0From vexing uncertainty to intellectual humility2024-03-21T21:12:09Z<p>Created page with "{{pubdate|{{subst:CURRENTDAY}}|{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|{{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}} A philosopher with schizophrenia wrote a harrowing account of how he experiences schizophren..."</p>
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