I personally think that moment was in 1993, when the Encarta CD was released.
It had a huge amount of information, but it didn’t feel overwhelming.
The internet also didn’t feel overwhelming.
In 2005, I think the internet already felt overwhelming.
But I guess if you weren’t the nerdy type crawling the web, then social media and smartphones were the game changer and I would put the date closer to 2010.
the internet is as useful as it’s ever been it just stopped being a physical place you go, the computer, to something you carry with you everywhere as another layer of reality.
I personally think that moment was in 1993, when the Encarta CD was released.
It had a huge amount of information, but it didn’t feel overwhelming.
The internet also didn’t feel overwhelming.
In 2005, I think the internet already felt overwhelming.
But I guess if you weren’t the nerdy type crawling the web, then social media and smartphones were the game changer and I would put the date closer to 2010.
absolutely, the Iphone was the game changer.
the internet is as useful as it’s ever been it just stopped being a physical place you go, the computer, to something you carry with you everywhere as another layer of reality.
I miss the pre social media internet so goddamn much
Social media has existed since BBS. What changed is there’s suddenly big money in it, and virtually no barrier to entry.
I miss the pre-“centralized Big Tech” Internet so much.