The Internet was a place where people shared knowledge. Now it is a giant ad for shopping. People were given the sum of human knowledge and instead of becomin

The Internet was a place where people shared knowledge. Now it is a giant ad for shopping. People were given the sum of human knowledge and instead of becoming more self sufficient they have become more reliant. Take for instance repair cafes, whose goal isn't to repair stuff for people but to teach people that things can be repaired which if you think about it for a bit is mind boggling. Instead of taking advantage of knowledge and experience humanity has doubled down on denial, hatred, superstition and outright craziness. Witness the response to COVID and current political polarization happening everywhere. Instead of sharing information, now a search of the Internet find SEO gibberish, scams, fake reviews and all manner of horrors that we never expected possible in the 80s and 90s from the Internet.