I remember reading newspapers as a kid which were so excited by how Time Warner was modernizing by acquiring AOL. Meanwhile, I was twelve years old and sitting

I remember reading newspapers as a kid which were so excited by how Time Warner was modernizing by acquiring AOL. Meanwhile, I was twelve years old and sitting there thinking, "AOL is a dinosaur, too." I wouldn't have bought AOL shares, but the folks who did and sold them around the merger would have done well for themselves, even if I was right about AOL being a company whose time had passed.