I thought that giving everyone in the world access to the sum total of human knowledge via the internet would be all upside.
And I thought that conspiracy theories were harmless fun.
And I thought that conspiracy theories were harmless fun.
And in a sense, that kind of came to pass. Nobody believes _anything_ the government says anymore, and skepticism is at all-time highs. It’s just… everything.
I also bet very heavily against the widespread popularity of video on the net, not due to any technical limitations, but simply because reading is so much faster.
This never came to be, because it has one gaping flaw; it assumes governments and corporations wouldn't also figure out how to use the Internet.