His criticisms were valid. Society choose to eat the shit cake. He was optimistic that the web wouldn't destroy local institutions and benefit authoritarian re

His criticisms were valid. Society choose to eat the shit cake. He was optimistic that the web wouldn't destroy local institutions and benefit authoritarian regimes over democratic society. That local journalism and commerce wouldn't be subsumed by a few giant, highly destructive monopolizing web-powered multinationals. That we would still read the "friendly pages of a book" instead of only the "myopic glow" of screens.