Originally Posted by RoxyRollah

This is a harder question to answer than I originally anticipated. And that's because of the internet. Alone I am not afraid of a wheat thresher, but connected to the internet it could turn deadly. I have thought for years that the internet was it's own entity a living organism. I said this when we were still working with dial up. Now it's becoming an integral part of the human consciousness, it feeding off our emotional highs and or lows, even creating them itself and dispersing it on our devices. I recently read an article written from some tech conference hosted by Mark Zuckerberg and it gave me the creeps. The way article was written it was based on the hive mind, and being able to control the hive mind with it thus disconnecting us from ourselves, by finding ways to keep us on there, little nuances masking as convenience. That is one way of merging with machines that I am not ok with, the prostitution of my inner most thoughts, emotions, and feelings, being rewarded with likes and keeping me hooked, a slave to my own vanity. Or the adrenaline rush you get when you are soo sure you are right and you just have to tell this one person they are a jackass and get the last word in. And your computer, phone, tablet or whatever responds to that. It learns your patterns and how you are enough so that if you weren't here tomorrow, I am fully confident that your consciousness could replicate a version of you that would almost spot on except the whole living thing.

Originally Posted by mord

Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.