Why did the internet become so popular? SGML had been around since Goldfarb's work in the 1960's but a dumbed-down version of it turned everyone and their third

Why did the internet become so popular? SGML had been around since Goldfarb's work in the 1960's but a dumbed-down version of it turned everyone and their third cousin into an HTML "programmer." Python is a similar phenomenon. People with no formal software training can peck at their keyboard und watchen das blinkenlights. The main explanatory variable goes back to Olds, J. & P. Milner: Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain . J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 47 (1954) 419-427. Rat's would press their orgasm button 7,000 times an hour. Humans evolved to sit around campfires and entertain themselves with singing and dancing. Now almost everyone in the world has their own portable 24x7 personal campfire they can use to connect with their tribe.