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minus-squarexenoclast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt can be confidently argued that the western American empire and it’s related industries (software and the Internet included) peaked in the 90s. We had a bit of hang time at the top and now it’s been free fall since around 2004.
minus-squareblind3rdeye@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s what they said in The Matrix. I guess they called it right.
minus-squarexenoclast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoHonestly it was pretty obvious coming up to y2k that it’d be the last generation of kids that had the same standard of living as their parents… William Gibson and the entire cyberpunk genre pretty much nailed that stuff from day one. It was supposed to a warning though. Not a playbook.
It can be confidently argued that the western American empire and it’s related industries (software and the Internet included) peaked in the 90s. We had a bit of hang time at the top and now it’s been free fall since around 2004.
That’s what they said in The Matrix. I guess they called it right.
Honestly it was pretty obvious coming up to y2k that it’d be the last generation of kids that had the same standard of living as their parents…
William Gibson and the entire cyberpunk genre pretty much nailed that stuff from day one. It was supposed to a warning though. Not a playbook.