The Digital Renassiance and its impacts on future cultures
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[color=red]So, my fellow Fakkuers, we are in the twenty first century. The internet has been around for around two decades. In that time, a cultural revolution has happened. The world has been united in a sense. Fandom culture has exploded. All data is available to everyone, from the poorest sap to the richest gentleman. Its gotten to the point that if you imagine it, it probably exists somewhere on the internet. We are in the midst of history in the making. We are at this very moment part of the first Digital Renaissance. I think its also arguable that this is the biggest cultural revolution in all history. The one with the most impact? Now that is debatable.
This cultural revolution, this Digital Renaissance as I call it, has created an enormous cultural gap between our generations and the older generations of the twentieth century. Most of us can barely even begin to explain to our grandparents of what we do everyday on the internet, in our video games, with our peers. The sheer scale of this revolution is beyond them. This is also true with our parents; they put little value on the internet, thinking that at the end of the day its all just a game. This is also arguable, but we cannot deny that the internet is one of the biggest cultural revolutions in history and that our contributions shape future generations.
Nobody saw this revolution coming. Sci-fi writers talked about a world linked by data, but they never talked about the cultural and societal impacts of such a case beyond it turning into a distopia where people do nothing but sag in MMORPG fantasy worlds. I never really find anyone discussing it, from the sheer distopias. I find it hard to believe that only a distopia could come from the fountain of original content that is currently the internet. That is to say, there will always be sheeple, so such distopias are certainly possible.
Should we merely deny this revolution? Do you think future revolutions will deny this revolution? How do you think future generations will look back at this time, when fountains of original content were sparking up everywhere, when the internet was in its infancy? How do you think what we do here now, on the internet, posting on forums, supporting the products we love, what we talk about on Reddit or 4chan will affect the future generations? Future corporations and businesses? New government ideology? Jobs, art, music, video games, hobbies, pastimes, intellectuals, etc.?
All in all, how do you think our current Digital Renaissance is going to impact cultures, governments, and businesses around the world in the next 100 years, as opposed to an internet that is controlled and regulated as only an information medium (as depicted in many sci-fi works)?
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My theory is that the internet and our internet culture will continue to evolve as technology evolves. Good and bad will evolve from it.
Eventually hacker organizations, just like our current Anonymous, will start to become prevalent. These organizations will hold some of the worse decisions of major corporations and governments at bay. An expanded version of what they are now, in other words. At the same time, said governments and corporations will recruit their own hackers, and "battles" will take place on the internet. These battles will be over control, over information, for liberation, etc. The biggest of these battles will be the never-ending conflict between pirates and copyright; the issue of just how free information should be.a
Corporations will eventually realize how much they can cash in on memes, and will actively participate in internet culture, trying to bend it to their own will. Niche markets will start to be fulfilled, with everyone having something to participate in. Some already are attempting this, and succeeding, namely the media industry and those who made Facebook. Whether they are successful or not on places like 4chan or Reddit, our main cultural centers, remains to be seen.
The internet may also finally get people to once again realize that media, both visual and auditory, is not based on how much it sells, but how much people actually like it.
In particular, isolationist cultures like China, or dictatorship governments will begin to die off in a world that seeks to become united culturally with information. I can very well see China, which tries so hard to become a superpower, become ruined because of its difference in ideology from the internet. Its own people would someday get exposure to the world internet, and spark civil war in the country. On the flip side, China will continue to completely isolate itself from the internet, and other countries would join in. I can hardly see reactionary tendencies like these surviving in the next 100 years.
Internet culture ultimately will shape just how governments, people, and corporations treat each other. The sheer lawlessness of the internet may become prevalent in some aspects of society. Acceptance may become widespread and taboos would fall down as the ideals of the internet spread to the masses. A society which cherishes information, wisdom, and individuality, and shuns ignorance. A society that embraces human nature, while evolving it.
This cultural revolution, this Digital Renaissance as I call it, has created an enormous cultural gap between our generations and the older generations of the twentieth century. Most of us can barely even begin to explain to our grandparents of what we do everyday on the internet, in our video games, with our peers. The sheer scale of this revolution is beyond them. This is also true with our parents; they put little value on the internet, thinking that at the end of the day its all just a game. This is also arguable, but we cannot deny that the internet is one of the biggest cultural revolutions in history and that our contributions shape future generations.
Nobody saw this revolution coming. Sci-fi writers talked about a world linked by data, but they never talked about the cultural and societal impacts of such a case beyond it turning into a distopia where people do nothing but sag in MMORPG fantasy worlds. I never really find anyone discussing it, from the sheer distopias. I find it hard to believe that only a distopia could come from the fountain of original content that is currently the internet. That is to say, there will always be sheeple, so such distopias are certainly possible.
Should we merely deny this revolution? Do you think future revolutions will deny this revolution? How do you think future generations will look back at this time, when fountains of original content were sparking up everywhere, when the internet was in its infancy? How do you think what we do here now, on the internet, posting on forums, supporting the products we love, what we talk about on Reddit or 4chan will affect the future generations? Future corporations and businesses? New government ideology? Jobs, art, music, video games, hobbies, pastimes, intellectuals, etc.?
All in all, how do you think our current Digital Renaissance is going to impact cultures, governments, and businesses around the world in the next 100 years, as opposed to an internet that is controlled and regulated as only an information medium (as depicted in many sci-fi works)?
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My theory is that the internet and our internet culture will continue to evolve as technology evolves. Good and bad will evolve from it.
Eventually hacker organizations, just like our current Anonymous, will start to become prevalent. These organizations will hold some of the worse decisions of major corporations and governments at bay. An expanded version of what they are now, in other words. At the same time, said governments and corporations will recruit their own hackers, and "battles" will take place on the internet. These battles will be over control, over information, for liberation, etc. The biggest of these battles will be the never-ending conflict between pirates and copyright; the issue of just how free information should be.a
Corporations will eventually realize how much they can cash in on memes, and will actively participate in internet culture, trying to bend it to their own will. Niche markets will start to be fulfilled, with everyone having something to participate in. Some already are attempting this, and succeeding, namely the media industry and those who made Facebook. Whether they are successful or not on places like 4chan or Reddit, our main cultural centers, remains to be seen.
The internet may also finally get people to once again realize that media, both visual and auditory, is not based on how much it sells, but how much people actually like it.
In particular, isolationist cultures like China, or dictatorship governments will begin to die off in a world that seeks to become united culturally with information. I can very well see China, which tries so hard to become a superpower, become ruined because of its difference in ideology from the internet. Its own people would someday get exposure to the world internet, and spark civil war in the country. On the flip side, China will continue to completely isolate itself from the internet, and other countries would join in. I can hardly see reactionary tendencies like these surviving in the next 100 years.
Internet culture ultimately will shape just how governments, people, and corporations treat each other. The sheer lawlessness of the internet may become prevalent in some aspects of society. Acceptance may become widespread and taboos would fall down as the ideals of the internet spread to the masses. A society which cherishes information, wisdom, and individuality, and shuns ignorance. A society that embraces human nature, while evolving it.
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You know just because China censors the internet doesn't mean people have absolutely no idea what goes on in the world right? Pretty much everone under the age of 40 in China knows perfectly well about the current state of affairs of the world and how much the communist government sucks.
Also that red font is kinda annoying.
Also that red font is kinda annoying.
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Zeream wrote...
[color=red]So All data is available to everyone, from the poorest sap to the richest gentleman. Its gotten to the point that if you imagine it, it probably exists somewhere on the internet. What kind of data is available to everyone ??
Not every kind of data is allowed to all the people especially the very important ones .
and of course not all the information is available on the internet , and not all the governments , politicians , media share every thing with you
they tell you - most of the times - what they want you to hear .
Zeream wrote...
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All in all, how do you think our current Digital Renaissance is going to impact cultures, governments, and businesses around the world in the next 100 years, as opposed to an internet that is controlled and regulated as only an information medium (as depicted in many sci-fi works)?
It actually did that in many arabic regions like egypt , tunisia and syria
Facebook,twitter and many other social websites were effective on encouraging people on protesting .
Zeream wrote...
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My theory is that the internet and our internet culture will continue to evolve as technology evolves. Good and bad will evolve from it.
Eventually hacker organizations, just like our current Anonymous, will start to become prevalent. These organizations will hold some of the worse decisions of major corporations and governments at bay. An expanded version of what they are now, in other words. At the same time, said governments and corporations will recruit their own hackers, and "battles" will take place on the internet. These battles will be over control, over information, for liberation, etc. The biggest of these battles will be the never-ending conflict between pirates and copyright; the issue of just how free information should be.
have to disagree a little with this .
in my opinion , no matter how much the internet developed the actual wars and battles will be more effective and more destructive than online battles
governments will not face a lot of problems with these organizations , I mean they got the internet providers , the Legal institutions and the power that they can use in real world to defeat these hackers, these organizations might cause a huge damage in the digital structure but the governments and corporations will always have the upper hand in these things
also and Just to add a lot of countries now days use hackers in order to achieve their interests ( or at least in the world that I live in ).
Zeream wrote...
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In particular, isolationist cultures like China, or dictatorship governments will begin to die off in a world that seeks to become united culturally with information. I can very well see China, which tries so hard to become a superpower, become ruined because of its difference in ideology from the internet. Its own people would someday get exposure to the world internet, and spark civil war in the country. On the flip side, China will continue to completely isolate itself from the internet, and other countries would join in. I can hardly see reactionary tendencies like these surviving in the next 100 years.
Internet culture ultimately will shape just how governments, people, and corporations treat each other. The sheer lawlessness of the internet may become prevalent in some aspects of society. Acceptance may become widespread and taboos would fall down as the ideals of the internet spread to the masses. A society which cherishes information, wisdom, and individuality, and shuns ignorance. A society that embraces human nature, while evolving it.
You ignored a very big factor
societies is different in very many ways , and the isolation maybe came from the people desire .
You see not all the societies are willing to open and share the information with other people especially that these societies have a lot of differences between them and you , you have to realize that even a small difference cause a huge change in the way that these people are going to look to everything .
every group of people have deffierent ideologies and different desires , you can't say that because internet changed your society in a specific way , it's going to change every society in the same way .
people might change and modify the technology in order to make more compatible with the way they live their lives
In other words " people might be changed by internet and the internet might be changed by people "
so these isolated societies might not be influenced as you imagine because their point of views are very different.
