>>18968373I think what people miss is the hope that accompanied the earlier internet. It was almost a religious faith in the inevitability of progress and rapid, accelerating technological miracles. Because based on the experience of many people back then (going from no computer or a 'dumb' computer unconnected to any networks to the internet), that's what it felt like. This is when terms like 'information superhighway' were new and unironic.
