EffortlessGrace@piefed.socialtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•When did the Internet come to reflect society? Or has society shaped the internet? Were we always distrusting mean and vindictive before the net? Are we really that bad?English8 days When did the Internet come to reflect society? When it became ubiquitous to industrialized societies. 1995-ish, in my opinion. Were we always distrusting mean and vindictive before the net? Absolutely. Are we really that bad? Without a doubt. “The world is far better and worse than you can possibly imagine.” “You may have me at ‘better’, Dr. Sattler, but you can’t hold a candle to me on ‘worse’.” Contact, by Dr. Carl Sagan 380%4
When it became ubiquitous to industrialized societies. 1995-ish, in my opinion.
Absolutely.
Without a doubt.