One of the most interesting changes of the last 15 years has been the global public realizing that most international issues and conflicts are a series of pump-and-dump or rug-pull schemes to the benefit of the kind of assholes who can afford superyachts.

If that.

I’m aging along and I can remember the “old” internet, including the wild-and-wooly IRC/BBS days. It was a much freer space and I’d love to see it regain its Wild West character.

I think there’s a generational issue at work, however: the internet is no longer cool or subversive. For most folks under about 35, it’s just another appliance.