Browsing Welldressed – the online Men’s Style Journal, I stumbled upon this exclusive interview with one of swedish famous etrepreneurs: Johan Stäel von Holstein and his highly radical and interesting opinion on Social networking:
Some parts:
What do you think of Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter? Do they have any relevance? Or are they a waste of time?
I think that they are monsters, horrible creatures that lure us into their nets like the singing mermaids in Homer’s Odyssey. They have extreme relevance today, but hopefully there will be a revolution and new players entering the markets with true relevance for the users, the content owners which will empower us all to increase our efficiency, our profitability as individuals, as we will be able to monetize our skills, knowledge, experience and hard work.
What is the most dangerous aspect of Social networking and why?
We are digitally enslaved, deprived of our sense of privacy, our Intellectual Properties, deprived of leveraging our talents, knowledge, information and experience, creating a horrible and utterly inefficient environment as the Soviet Union. It will potentially lead to the end of our civilization very much resembling the movie Metropolis or the book 1984.
