from blue_berry@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 2024 19:19
https://lemmy.world/post/10432750
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10431737
TL;DR: The internet’s evolution mirrors historical societal development. Transitioning from web2 to the social web and ultimately to web4 signifies a transformative shift akin to the end of the Middle Ages and the dawn of modernity, with the ultimate goal of achieving liberal democracy. In the style of the Dot Com Boom, the social web will witness the rise of influential digital forces, which will in this case be global collectives, shaping the digital and societal landscape. Web4, characterized by these decentralized collectives, offers the potential for positive change within the liberal democracy framework; with the possibility of reaching the actual end of history for homo sapiens and the entering of a new stage for humanity, in which a new form of human will emerge: the homo digitalis.
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Whatever the fuck that means
In order for this to become so, the new form must become sufficiently speciated such that it can no longer interbreed with the previous population.
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Actually, on second thought, I can think of plenty of internet denizens who are already there.
Ok, you are right. Its not a separate species. So call it homo sapiens-digitalis and yeah, some people are kind of already there.
Altough in terms of digital agency, I think we could still go a long way.
I’m going to use this excuse from now on
Calling it “web4” would means acknowledging the existence of web3. Can we call it something else?
web10? webX? I like web4 because people already can categorize it.
But yeah, its not ideal …
WebX: return of ActiveX
(Loads shotgun.)
Cisco might have something to say about that name.
Let’s go Xbox style and call it Web One.
Web 360, because when you see it you’ll turn 360 degrees and walk away
IDK, I just love the fact that this is basically implying that web3 is already dead
Web 3.1 Gen 1
The perfect naming scheme.
Web 4 — it’s web 3 but this time the grift is slightly different.
It’s 1 more 
Web 4, now with Grift 2.
If it has tap to pay, I’m down
I like that your emoj or Unicode whatever displays for me as OBJ
Its very web 4
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same here. i looked it up, it’s
U+FFFC  OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER(placeholder in the text for another unspecified object, for example in a compound document) from the specials block.but why, @gregorum? 🤔
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fediverse?