> For example, I predict the increasingly suffocating digital zeitgeist will give rise to a form of competition which would be the mechanist's version of a demo

> For example, I predict the increasingly suffocating digital zeitgeist will give rise to a form of competition which would be the mechanist's version of a demo scene. I think it's not just that. The internet allows niche hobbies to thrive where previously they would die out, because it makes it easier for people to find peers who are into the same thing. Hence it's easier to maintain the minimum required "population" for a subculture to "survive". The people involved are just dispersed across the planet.