I wonder when we'll understand that building the world's infrastructure on the IT we have so far is like building a 100-story skyscraper on a foundation of clay & straw.

[jwcph@helvede.net]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116738786816870392

I wonder when we'll understand that building the world's infrastructure on the IT we have so far is like building a 100-story skyscraper on a foundation of clay & straw.

Our digital tech is in no way mature, but we've simply decided to let corporations make so much money on it anyway - with absolutely no responsibility (imagine if Oracle had to pay damages for this on a per-byte basis...) - that we have no way to incentivise them to make it better.

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