apas-95:

the whole ‘internet prophecy apollo’ thing is interesting in that like. 20 or so years ago it might have been good scifi. the idea that the net would grow so large, and have such a surge of information going through it at any one time, that it would occasionally predict future events with stunning precision. monkeys on typewriters, but realised through humans on keyboards. it’s at the same time terrifying and mundane - which is, I guess, emblematic.