Every new communications media has the same lifecycle. Initial enthusiasm, lots of disruption & creativity, then captured by reactionaries and traditionalists.

Every new communications media has the same lifecycle. Initial enthusiasm, lots of disruption & creativity, then captured by reactionaries and traditionalists. Spasms of overreach and overcorrection. Cycles of purges and remything. Obelisks, cuneiform, drums, papyrus, pigeons, pony express, paper, moveable type, radio waves, light beams. The disruption to society and culture is always the same. The only variable is impact predetermined by production costs. Lather, rinse, repeat. The trick for us plebes is finding untapped margins and eddies, do our own thing, maybe find our tribe.