Is the Internet a Mob Without Consequence?(mobile.nytimes.com)
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Is the Internet a Mob Without Consequence?
http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/2013/12/24/is-the-internet-a-mob-without-consequence/
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The problem is not Internet, is the people. Without people, there are no problems. Conclusion: Kill the people.
As soon as AI really takes off, computers will arrive at this conclusion. Possibly with the help of this very comment.
"[I]n the past it was often the poor who rallied against the rich and powerful. But today’s riots are different in that it is the powerful, specifically those with the largest followings online, that could help quell these eruptions, yet instead douse them with more anger and hate."