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The original Eternal September was about AOL users getting access to Usenet in 1993. And yet, “people on AOL in 1993” would easily be in, what, the top 5% in quality of Internet users today? Maybe higher?

Hell, your “masses” flooding the Internet in the later 90s were still much better than the population now.

And here’s this guy writing about how bad things had gotten in 2004. Buckle up, buddy: you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Imagine what brave new world the future holds. Never assume things are so bad that they can’t get worse.



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