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Oh that's right, in the Internet's early days people thought it would do what they also thought television would do in its early days. But then the Internet did the same things television did - became an advertising platform and and dumbed down its addicted users. Maybe when the next communications breakthrough comes we'll realize... lol nah of course we won't.
The technology isn't the problem. People are the problem.
I agree. That's why we can't make predictions on the impact of tech based on the best things it could do. We have to be realistic and visualize what assholes will do with it, especially since we keep letting them be in charge of everything.
One of the first people to see the potential of television in its early days was actually Adolf Hitler. He hoped that one day there would be one in every town. And now the internet is doing what he hoped television would do.