> the internet becoming deep fried Good phrase. I've frequently heard the term "Kentucky Fried Education" applied to the decay of schools and universities unde

> the internet becoming deep fried Good phrase. I've frequently heard the term "Kentucky Fried Education" applied to the decay of schools and universities under the influence of big-tech mediocrity. My Digital Vegan response would be that "heavily processed" content harms your intellectual health because it's not fresh and has no vitamins :) Ted Nelson anticipated this "death by indirection". Some of his early writings on hypertext still seem like they're from a future we might one day get to. The idea that links should be bi-directional, and how different the Internet would be, is still mind-blowing. Most of the problems you describe stem from the mediating platforms being fundamentally controlling and dishonest. Everything is a work-around to around a work-around... all the way down. > will never happen I get the shrugging cynicism. But to me it's a good thing they're too broken to change. Let these festering sewers of low-quality content digest themselves and make room for new growth.