If you put on your sci-fi enjoyer hat, and ask yourself the question "how does Elon's AI goonbot help him increase the birthrate", you really do end up in some weird places.
In the future, artificial wombs will likely become commonplace. At the same time, rates of child abuse and neglect will probably go through the roof, and every publication out there will release reports "proving" that the artificial womb had nothing to do with it.
There's the perception (and it's probably true) that our search engines are getting shittier and shittier at returning decent results with SEO nonsense and paid content.
We're going to go back to curated lists and webrings before its all said and done. What's old is new again.
I remember my friend's dad turning his computer monitor on its side to "rotate" pictures when computers first came out.
Today, rather than juggle multiple desktops in the OS, I'd rather just buy another monitor. It's too much work.
Boomerism is a mindset that comes for all.
I've read Dan Carlin's latest foray into the world of hysterics.
Look, we all went through covid. Short of Trump bulldozing DC, there's probably not much that would move the needle for me.