… on the other hand if “no memory” then “no sentience” — “as above, so below”, but we shouldn’t forget its dualistic corollary “as inside, so outside”
… “you can’t currently capture an existing web page into the archive”. But I’ll bet "someone(s) can …
In my thinking this one sentence reveals quite a lot about the overall intentions of the censorship because it is difficult to get everyone to know the original facts. So, simple editing of a few key words, a few pertinent facts, and so on and so forth, can change the real underlying message.
“Wikipedia is the defacto internet encyclopedia but has proven time and again to be [biased] at best and subject to [stealth edits] at worst.”
Wikipedia: a just-in-time, correct-the-narrative;
CIA globalized asset - engineered for the all embracing globalized & digitized sheeple.
If you want an officially sanitized version; it’s the place to go.
I can’t imagine it’s not true. And you betcha “someone(s)” can . . . the same kind of someone(s) who hacked the Wayback Machine.
The internet was the biggest bait-and-switch in history. Remember how it was going to free us all? Even today, many still assume the public internet is going to keep allowing us to discuss and research what’s happening in the world on into the future, ad infinitum. Witness the libertarian dreams of Nick Gillespie, as cited in the article:
[W]hat the internet does (especially platforms like Facebook and Twitter) is enable more of us to directly enter the discussion—the argument over who is right and who is wrong. That’s a great and liberating development.
Or Balaji Srinivasan’s idea that the “network state” is, by some miracle, going to be allowed to replace the tyrannical nation-state and its various combinations (https://thenetworkstate.com/).
Of course, the scrubbing isn’t new. See, for example the forum post: Truthstream Media: Where Did the Rest of the Internet Go?
My advice to everyone: If you see something online you think you might ever want to refer back to, download it (if possible), take a screenshot, or print the webpage as a PDF. Then save a backup copy that’s not on your computer and/or print it out if it’s text.
I once subscribed to his Reason Magazine,
Even asked a question on Book TV; which flew right over his apparitional head.
The upshot was; the U.S. is in no way, nor even close - to a fascist state. Absurd, he implies.
The internet has succumb to an attention economy[bottleneck of thought]; capturing attention, over substance. All towards a nearly complete degradation of complex issues - for the vast majority.
[albeit, it can be used for complex issues - just beware of mis/disinformation].
The monopoly platforms feature; highly addictive intuitive interfaces,
with intermittently unpredictable reinforcements.
Advanced algorithms, data collections, and generative Ai’s are going to make the internet even more unacceptable; because of its manipulations, misinformation, and polarization; all designed to amplify echo chambers, blurring lines between facts and fictions.
Their business models, being purposely misaligned with the public’s interest.
And, the most dangerous aspects of these platforms are programmed diectly into its algorithms.
We aren’t training them; they’re training us!