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Yes, very true. For me, they were sort of like a "Second Life", a fictitious "alternate reality" of what could have been or might be if...but nothing that would materialize in my life time, maybe apart from a lunar base.
Never have I been so wrong in an overall assessment:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110748372372904448
Where I erred, in particular, was the rise of #DarkTriad* billionaires like Elmo and...
*Very insightful article in #TheAtlantic yesterday