>I'm shocked at how antisocial it is. Did I really believe this stuff? I did. And I remember how much. Today I think being thrown wide and clear of "the mainst

>I'm shocked at how antisocial it is. Did I really believe this stuff? I did. And I remember how much. Today I think being thrown wide and clear of "the mainstream" by my teenaged rebellion was valuable. It gave me a great view from the outside so that as I began my journey back i could better find my place in it. What I saw that most changed my mind? I was expecting a world of nefarious villains, but what I found was nothing but a bunch of weak anit-patterns and emergent behaviours. The world didn't suck because illuminati super-villains were oppressing the sheeple, it sucked for the same reason parks get trashed. Garbage accumulates and nobody bothers to pick it up.