Now I see it as the greatest mistake ever, allowing the general population access to the internet.
So much this, it isn't even funny. I first got access to the Internet back in '95 when I transferred to a state university from community college. Between discovering Usenet and IRC, it was like a whole new world opened up in front of me. The amount of information that could be shared between people all across the world left me awestruck.
Then, as access became easier and easier, the discourse got worse and worse. The creators tried to make it more friendly for the masses, and in the process the masses just shit all over everything. The Eternal September that started two years prior to when I arrived continues, and at this rate it will never end until access is curtailed or a new Internet with more stringent entry requirements is created.
My family was one of the first 100,000 on the internet in the US.
I thought it was going to save the world and educate everybody. We would all walk into the future together.
Now I see it as the greatest mistake ever, allowing the general population access to the internet.
So much this, it isn't even funny. I first got access to the Internet back in '95 when I transferred to a state university from community college. Between discovering Usenet and IRC, it was like a whole new world opened up in front of me. The amount of information that could be shared between people all across the world left me awestruck.
Then, as access became easier and easier, the discourse got worse and worse. The creators tried to make it more friendly for the masses, and in the process the masses just shit all over everything. The Eternal September that started two years prior to when I arrived continues, and at this rate it will never end until access is curtailed or a new Internet with more stringent entry requirements is created.
It was a great idea in theory. I learned too late just like many others that our "information age" was really a "misinformation age".