1. I was very optimistic about the internet, and thought that it was the great equalizer. Everything was there, and it was epic and horrible and completely out of control. It might have been humanities last taste of freedom.
In the last 20 years, thought has been reduced and curtailed to fit a pretty narrow spectrum. Even the fringe interests don't intersect with the rest of the world, they are encouraged to engage with their own communities. Imagination has suffered, as artists cater to their own groups. Finding new things on the internet has become accidental.
2. Electronic tracking on our phones and other devices becomes overt. Targeted advertising, political messaging and control of the news cycle goes individually physical. The world we see changes just for us, as we walk through it.
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