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[-] MusketeerX@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

I still remember 1 Jan 2000. There did seem to be some sense of optimism about where things could go. At least for those of us lucky enough to live in stable, developed countries.

Cold war over, Russia and The West seemingly on the same side, China opening up, exciting new tech connecting us but no toxic social media yet...

But then... the dot com bust, 9/11, the GFC, toxic social media and the rise of "the algorithm", Xi in China, Putin in Russia, a global pandemic......

Didn't really go where we hoped, can we restore to a backup from 1999 and try again??

[-] Voli@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning

[-] MusketeerX@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ha! We need an updated version of that song.

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