The technological struggles are in some ways beside the point. The financial bet on artificial general intelligence is so big that failure could cause a depression.
is that people wanted to use the internet and were not pressured, harassed or forced to
N-nah. All that “information superhighway” thing was pretty scammy.
It’s just that, remember, 1) computer people were seen as some titans, both modest and highly intelligent and without sin, a bit some mix between Daniel Jackson and Amanda Carter in SG-1, and 2) computer things were seen as something that can’t ever have such a negative cultural impact, it was pretty leftist and hippie-dominated culturally on the surface.
In stereotypes still preserved in feeling, it was seen like some sort of explosion of BBS culture and Japanese technology in the society. Something clearly good and virtuous, and improving the human (as opposed to today’s UI and UX and everything where the human is subjected to perpetual degradation).
EDIT: I mean, you’re right, but the dotcom bubble crash has made pretty big changes in the world too - among other things, dealing a death blow to things in the industry that could be perceived the way I described. Just another dotcom bubble could be apocalyptic enough on its own.
N-nah. All that “information superhighway” thing was pretty scammy.
It’s just that, remember, 1) computer people were seen as some titans, both modest and highly intelligent and without sin, a bit some mix between Daniel Jackson and Amanda Carter in SG-1, and 2) computer things were seen as something that can’t ever have such a negative cultural impact, it was pretty leftist and hippie-dominated culturally on the surface.
In stereotypes still preserved in feeling, it was seen like some sort of explosion of BBS culture and Japanese technology in the society. Something clearly good and virtuous, and improving the human (as opposed to today’s UI and UX and everything where the human is subjected to perpetual degradation).
EDIT: I mean, you’re right, but the dotcom bubble crash has made pretty big changes in the world too - among other things, dealing a death blow to things in the industry that could be perceived the way I described. Just another dotcom bubble could be apocalyptic enough on its own.