What went wrong?
The year was 1999, and the future seemed alive with possibilities. The world wide web was connecting the planet, and after work or school we would race home to talk to new people in chat rooms, on message boards, or via instant messenger. Weird ideas were all over the place, from TimeCube to Hampster Dance to The Matrix. And then something happened… a sickness appeared as corporate mega-entities took hold of the developing web.
The web is now full of bots. Tech companies are firing humans and “hiring” AI. Even human users are being replaced by scripts on sites like facebook on instagram. It’s time to take a step back, abandon them for good, and embrace a new model of communication.
