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Ben Arc · 1w
Prediction: as starlink infrastructure was actually remarkably cheap (tens of billions, nothing for gov spending), Chinese will do similar soon and offer "free" internet to the world, simultaneously s...
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Theoretically Starlink can also provide free internet. What they are trying to do is not different than the Paypal idea. They will gather the information of the consumers. Not only for past, also for the future. The idea is so simple : Knowing the consumers' behaviour is much more valueable than the existing property of the consumers.
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#KendirTookThisNote - #StanislawLem #HisMastersVoice : "No doubt. But there is benefit—there are benefits. Even ants that meet a dead philosopher along their route may profit from him. If this example surprised you, that is exactly what I intended. From the very beginning, literature has had only one enemy: the restrictive nature of expressed thought. At times, freedom of expression appears to pose a greater threat to thought, because banned ideas can circulate in secret. But when important truths are swept away in a flood of frauds, and a sinful clamor drowns the voice of truth, what can be done? Even though that voice rings out freely, it cannot be heard, because information technologies create a condition in which the messages shouted loudest are received best—even when they are most wrong."