This week we covered a few topics but the one that struck me the hardest was the concept of “Web 3.0”. This term wasn’t even on my radar before this week. I knew the term “Web 2.0”, and was just snobby enough to think it was outdated and not pertinent to any aspect of my life. Web 3.0? All I could think was, “This must be fake”.
Turns out there is a ton of information online about it. It also turns out that “cyber-stalking” aspect of ads on my Facebook wall are completely what they are talking about. It is this idea of dynamic content that monitors your activity and tailors what you see to your patterns and content. It is almost frightening this that this was literally happening under my nose without me understanding the full impact of it.
The evolution of the web and its content is freakishly awesome and at the same time terrifying. What started as a way to post ideas and possible gather feedback or comments has turned into an almost fully functioning life force.
Couple this with augmented reality applications and we no longer have to think for ourselves. It is very reminiscent of the movie Wall-E. And not in a good way.
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