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Originally Posted by AdamJL
Nothing wrong with the internet being geared towards entertainment. There are always edge cases that will make a real impact on people's lives. The old lady in the Australian outback is one of many scenarios you could add up.
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Of course but maybe a less wasteful and energy intensive form of entertainment. Been in IT for over 20 years and saw the changes first hand. Everything is geared towards volume and monetizing traffic now. It will take a radical change in thinking to get out of there as long as the demand is there. So not really hopeful
The night sky will be peppered.
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Originally Posted by AdamJL
If you want a good surgeon to live in a town nearby, you have to build the infrastructure out there for people to want to move to... shops, roads, utilities.... which also includes internet. And building infrastructure (hi, concrete) is one of the most energy intensive things we do as a species.
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That's correct. But there are a lot of country towns going empty because people moved to cities. I suspect the infrastructure in most part is already there but vacant.