@andrewmarantz interesting topic to explore is "why" these techno-systems were created, i suspect there is a thread back to voids in the psyches of the creators and these systems (from internet to social network) were fillers. might be fun thread to pull
@andrewmarantz finished your information dystopia article in nykr. i helped build the early commercial internet as a teen. while reading, all i could think about was the HST / Raoul speech goodreads.com/quotes/1074-st… hard to appreciate nuance at 18.