We must learn above all to distinguish between the better and the worse. Citizens must educate themselves in the use of sociable applications, such as Wikipedia, Skype, and Facebook, and learn how they can better use them to forward their best interests. And we must learn to differentiate sociable applications from sociopathic applications: applications that use people’s sociability to control those people, and to satisfy their owners’ needs.
The term ‘sociopathic applications,’ is an interesting one. What other apps other than Zynga games are sociopathic? Are all social games sociopathic as a result of their aggressive designs for growth?
(via fascinated)
