Asklemmy

Most if not all of Elon Musks ideas. And that theranos thing that's been in the news.

Capitalism, it was the new hot shit after feudalism, but it just caused colonialism, imperialism, and mass starvation because there has to be an enormous reserve army of labor. It also leads to cyclical economic collapses which impoverish more people at the bottom while enriching people at the top, creating an oligarchy.

I think NFTs will be ruined before they begin because companies can't help themselves but be evil, whereas NFTs should really be about artists getting paid for once.

The Internet as a tool for empowerment of the weak against the powerful, as medium for enhancing democratic participation, as an opportunity to better exercise and protect fundamental freedoms.

Turned out to be a militarized space, a tool for mass surveillance and the spreading of disinformation campaigns, in the hand of a few gigantic actors (funded by In-Q-Tel or otherwise connected to the USG...)

There was supposed to be a disc the size of a quarter to replace DVD's.

IPFS?

It's been years, and it's still as slow and unreliable as a when I first heard of it.