The early days of the internet were amazing. Dialing into my Dad's university account via 56k modem in the early 90s, I had access to an astounding amount of qu

The early days of the internet were amazing. Dialing into my Dad's university account via 56k modem in the early 90s, I had access to an astounding amount of quality text-based documents. I did research, read works of fiction, wrote poems and essays, communicated with politicians and scientists, etc all from a simple remote terminal. To my teenager brain, I felt like I discovered secret access to the entirety of human knowledge.