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Nostalgia
To say it changed my life is accurate but overuse of the phrase obscures the true thrust of those words. From the time I first dialed long distance to connect to a CRL computer for the privilege of having a shell account as a base to begin my exploration, my life was inexorably altered.
That said, the www completely altered that course again. I knew it would find corporate exploitation, just as I knew it was the next step in bringing the unwashed masses online. That may sound snobbish and elitist, but if you weren't online prior to the web, then you've really got no idea.
My real gripe is that now there are no manners. Misanthropic is the new cool. There is no accountability, particularly to one's self. But that's just a symptom of the larger loss of personal integrity.
Sorry to purge on your thread, but this is a continuation of a conversation I was having this evening and it really brought to mind all that has changed.
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