Good morning! The format of Sundays (formerly “in his words” from our President’s tweets) has been no format at all!…just short observations. Here are a few from this week: Item #1. Google, Amazon and Facebook now together control over 50% of the ad revenue on the Internet. The pandemic has been kind to these companies, which have seen marked increases in views and revenue. How can this possibly be helpful to society? Are we to be slaves to the algorithms of Google, that may never allow new ideas, sites, and alternatives to bubble their way to the top, instead being directed to those who buy placement? Are we to see the utter destruction of local businesses to the ubiquity, immense buying power, and market strength of Amazon? And are our youth destined to find most of their news via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? I worry about the future dominated by the robber barons of the 21st century.
#400 Musings from the Bunker 4/11/21
#400 Musings from the Bunker 4/11/21
#400 Musings from the Bunker 4/11/21
Good morning! The format of Sundays (formerly “in his words” from our President’s tweets) has been no format at all!…just short observations. Here are a few from this week: Item #1. Google, Amazon and Facebook now together control over 50% of the ad revenue on the Internet. The pandemic has been kind to these companies, which have seen marked increases in views and revenue. How can this possibly be helpful to society? Are we to be slaves to the algorithms of Google, that may never allow new ideas, sites, and alternatives to bubble their way to the top, instead being directed to those who buy placement? Are we to see the utter destruction of local businesses to the ubiquity, immense buying power, and market strength of Amazon? And are our youth destined to find most of their news via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? I worry about the future dominated by the robber barons of the 21st century.