The internet is already over (2022)
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The internet is already over (2022)
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#2If Sam Kriss spent two years to write any of his blog posts into a book, he'd be Nietzsche. Still makes for a sparkling bit of thought, easily reread.
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#3Long but enjoyable read. I was surprised it didn't mention AI.
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#4I've been using the Internet since the days of Netscape Navigator and 14.4 kbit/s dial-up modems. Maybe it's just that I'm getting older, but I really miss the old Internet. Ironically, it felt less "anonymous" back then, and it was easier to be part of a community — users knew each other. Now, everyone is here, and the quality of content has significantly declined.
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#5Powerful contender for favourite thing I've read in the last 30 days.
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#6If Sam Kriss spent two years to write any of his blog posts into a book, he'd be Nietzsche. Still makes for a sparkling bit of thought, easily reread.
What makes you think if Nietzsche lived today, he wouldn't be a blogger?
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#7Really good read, through and through on the hook.
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#8I've been using the Internet since the days of Netscape Navigator and 14.4 kbit/s dial-up modems. Maybe it's just that I'm getting older, but I really miss the old Internet. Ironically, it felt less "anonymous" back then, and it was easier to be part of a community — users knew each other. Now, everyone is here, and the quality of content has significantly declined.
> everyone is here
I think this is the answer. Once upon a time we were way fewer people, and many interests were shared among those people (because we pretty much were all "geeks"). We've always had trolls, spammers, etc. but it still felt like we were part of a big community.
Now everybody is here, and that feeling is no more. It's like moving from a small village or town (where everybody knows each other) to a huge city. It doesn't feel like "belonging" anymore.
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#9I’m going to go practice my banjo now.
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#10I dunno, maybe I didn't look deep enough, but skimming through, it feels like more a symptom of infinite growth. I think we're def. starting to plateau in many things that have had basically no growth for a long time. Anything that's gotten the attention like crypto and AI feel like "let's dump unbridled enthusiasm into this" while waiting for some real epiphany to arrive. The internet was imho the last real step forward in mankind (and a bunch of life saving drugs/vaccinations), though mass cellphone usage certainly helped to democratize it.