Memorize ... a phone number Call a family member ... to ask where they are Tell time by looking at the hands on a clock Use a phone book for .... anything Figure out arithmetic in your head Call a theatre to find out movie times Cut things out of the newspaper Look up spelling in the dictionary Use a phone booth Write a letter
Sometimes I think we've even forgotten what we did as well as how to do it.
And I've had my first experience with Meta blocking news content from Canada. This is a screen print of a post from the North American Lily Society - it was a link to a news article in Australia about their local lily show.
"News content can't be viewed on facebook"
The new law requires tech giants to pay publishers for linking or otherwise repurposing their content online. This "hosting of content" without compensation was resolved in Australia 2 years ago where Meta agreed to pay. Since then, it has decided it doesn't want to pay in the range of $130 million annual payments to publishers. Definitely not Canada.
The response is sweeping to my mind.
The tech giant has blocked any and every link whatsoever from or to any news organization in any place on the globe. That must have taken a big work effort to put into effect.
I think this Flexifly image looks like "the eyes of technology" staring at us.
