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briandmyers  ·  3945 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A 1995 opinion piece that questions the importance of the internet

His was a reactionary voice.

There was a lot of "the internet is going to change EVERYTHING" sentiment in the air then. It was finally start to burst on to the public's radar, and a lot of the people who were already online saw it as the beginning of the end - which it was, of course. The beginning of eternal September.