Chris to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoI'm not ready for the Internetassets.oldbytes.spaceimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down11 cross-posted to: 2meirl4meirl@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1538arrow-down1imageI'm not ready for the Internetassets.oldbytes.spaceChris to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square17fedilink cross-posted to: 2meirl4meirl@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoWe were ready for the internet. We were not ready for every person with a pulse being able to post to and read from the Internet. Web 1.0 was a beautiful uncharted frontier.
minus-square@RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI believe this with all my heart. I wish the Internet had been able to evolve as WAN first for a few decades. Maybe then we might have been ready?
minus-square@bionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIsn’t that literally what happened with ARPANET?
… In truth, I wasn’t ready.
Nobody was
We were ready for the internet. We were not ready for every person with a pulse being able to post to and read from the Internet. Web 1.0 was a beautiful uncharted frontier.
I believe this with all my heart. I wish the Internet had been able to evolve as WAN first for a few decades. Maybe then we might have been ready?
Isn’t that literally what happened with ARPANET?