Friday, May 27, 2011

Just cause it's easy doesn't mean its good.

I am on vacation and am sitting in my room listening/watching the news “Democracy Now” regarding the phenomena of filtering what we see and search for online. Let me clarify filtering is done by Google and Facebook and a host of other sites and browsers. They manage our tastes and help guide us to what they think we want to see focusing on similarities instead of allowing us the INDVIVDUAL and opportunity to choose such an important thing. Let’s face it most of us are lazy and think it a compliment when we are served whether it is a table in our favorite restaurant or if we order a coffee and the vendors knows what we like before we order it. We think it is fabulous to be “loved” that way until it isn’t. So when we allow every act we do online to be recorded and managed and used we open up a huge universe of trouble. That trouble can lead us into a police state we would deeply regret and this is why I personally stopped face booking last May. It occurred to me after reading a book called “Free” that nothing is Free and we open ourselves to slavery by simple things as free sites and easy access and social websites the ease of them is the warning. Plus we are new to the web really and it’s is something that HUGE Corporations are spending tens of millions of dollars to figure out how to control and manage and dominate and exploit. We are helping them get this by being unaware of what out simple “click of the button” means its value. Information is value you give it away every time you surf the web or go online and face book or any of them. Tough stuff because we have geared so much to social sites now people still constantly ask me to connect with them on FB and I say sorry I cannot and don’t. It’s made us lazy and we are paying with our freedom. Then my fave news outlet shared the horrendous practice of Fracking and how we are having to fight for Mother Earth yet again because big business wants to Frack all over America at the expense of not only our drinking water but our health the contaminants that methane mixed with chlorine creates directly makes cancers deep dark nasty cancers which we cannot and don’t want in the first place. HELP! Join environmental groups give money to the real warriors on the ground that fight for us who want to save our aquifers and our health. Why are we so short sighted? We have to stay vigilant when it freedom and if something is easy to use it doesn’t mean it’s safe in the long run or free. The simpler the program usually it means it is milking you for all your habits and taste and preferences watch out everybody big trouble is lurking BIG BROTHER is coming for our freedom.

4 comments:

Suzi from Ojai said...

Hey Rae Dawn, saw George Hawkins tonite, He was playing with Jimmy Messina at a restaurant in Ventura! Talked to him a few times throughout the night. Think he still has very fond memories of you! What a blast from the past. Talked about old times in Ojai and the ol' sand dollar dayz. Wish you could have been there!

Suzi from Ojai said...

That's scary! No wonder you quit fb. I'm not on it as much as before, but it does help with my business somewhat. And I do support environmental issues, that's big here in Ojai, as you probably know!

Unknown said...

You know I was a child and so in love with him....it took 28 years to get the love returned Ha ha...he's so special to me and I am happy to know him,and you.

This summer is crazy we just had a storm (lightening hit our house) that fried every electronic in the house sparing both of our computers.

Solar flares- Mayan predictions it's On!

Suzi from Ojai said...

Wow! Your house was struck by lightening, too?! That reminds me of 11 years ago when my house was struck by lightening in Ojai! Luckily I was at work, but had to completely replace the junction box and I thought it was because I was going through a divorce and my x was doing his evil. Hope nothing got too damaged with yours!!! Good thing it didn't fry your computers!!

Yes, I'm sure George was in Love with you too! I'm so glad to know you and him too and there's so much I would say, but not on your blog! You should inbox me sometime at knottygyrl@gmail.com :)

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