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Peak end of history era.
by doe88 3y ago
Peak end of history era.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoYeah, and a couple years later the US was bombing Afghanistan, invading Iraq, international borders became far more intensely hostile, surveillance state intensified, and the entire economy blew up in 2008, and only held on by its nails with zero interest rates and QE. Long "boom" indeed. FWIW my eyes rolled completely back into my head when this essay first came out.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoHeh. I also am old enough to remember when this first came out (back when you could read Wired online without captcha or paywall). I was also cynical, though not nearly as cynical as you...