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Imo, whatever annoying tradeoffs a commercialized web brought with it, it was wholly worth it for giving literally anybody the ability to learn anything they ar

Imo, whatever annoying tradeoffs a commercialized web brought with it, it was wholly worth it for giving literally anybody the ability to learn anything they are curious about. 1080p Harvard compsci lectures[0] available for free would have been a pipe dream in 1995. [0] https://youtu.be/e9Eds2Rc_x8 https://youtu.be/e9Eds2Rc_x8

notzuck 7y ago
Well that was a weird 1 minute and 20 second intro.
qplex 7y ago
I agree It's pretty amazing what a resource the web has become, but I don't think it's all that clear what trade-offs have been made, and if the implications of those are just mere annoyances.