Naked Science Forum
On the Lighter Side => New Theories => Topic started by: Eddie Mars on 03/08/2025 12:03:10
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media (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=media
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medium (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/medium#etymonline_v_12522
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Many of the secondary senses are via the notion of "intervening substance through which a force or quality is conveyed" (1590s) and "intermediate agency, channel of communication" (c. 1600). From the former, via application to air, etc., comes the sense of "one's environment or conditions" (1865). From the latter comes the sense of "a print publication" (1795) which later grew into the meaning in media.
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publish (v.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=publish
/the 2nd paragraph
The meaning "issue (a book, etc.) to the public, cause to be printed and offered for sale or distribution" is from late 14c., also "to disgrace, put to shame; denounce publicly." Related: Published; publishing. In Middle English the verb also meant "to people, populate; to multiply, breed" (late 14c.), for example ben published of "be descended from."
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Some languages in Europe have been or are being heavily Latinased.
Latinise
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latinise
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may signal plural
Language is not
a "physical power',
nor
a "market/banking power".
It is a "knowledge power".
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Media - Publishing
are
the two sides of the "same coin".
/actually, the two names of the same thing
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Middleman / mediator (n.):
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=mediator
merchants - advocates - newspapers - tv channels -
- radio channels - publishing houses...
Publishing Houses:...
https://self-publishingschool.com/publishing-houses/
21 Top Book Publishing Companies in the United States
https://writingtipsoasis.com/book-publishing-companies-in-the-united-states/
...
Let us not be fooled by the "language"/words
The Middleman is the Space
in which
the Producer
producer (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/producer
and
the Customer
connect/exchange (each other).
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Today's "AI" is a medium.
It is a medium between "the Reality" and One's "Reality".
/one asks a question and one receives an answer
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Other internet platforms do the same.
They mediate.
Sometimes
they "forget"
users, content, ...
Who can blame them!?
It happens, it's natural.
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Zero.Effect.1998
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pugtXglfS1qKvoBLOww38VxTx5oZRY_w/view?usp=drive_link
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Backward compatibility
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_compatibility
In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system.
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enough is enough
One moves forward.
the end
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AI is the latest medium.