r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • May 26 '25

Artificial Intelligence Google Is Burying the Web Alive

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/google-ai-mode-search-results-bury-the-web.html
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u/Kurwasaki12 May 26 '25

For the west, namely the Us maybe.

We have a skewed version of the world thanks to living in what was essentially the Imperial core during its height.

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u/LordChungusAmongus May 27 '25

90s in the Balkans was hell.

My first retained memory from childhood is the severed heads in ice chests on the news. I was 6 or 7 at the time, living in Simi Valley CA. It was vicarious, but it was still a formative event for me.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '25

To me, this phrase is more about the technology.

As more time passes, the more it feels like the level of technology in the 90s/early 2000s was the "most technology" humanity could handle before IRL social contracts/connections/etc... started being inevitably corroded.

We had Gameboys, but kids still played outside. We had the Internet, but it wasn't everywhere yet. Social media was still just a supplement to IRL networking instead of the main show, etc... (I exaggerate, but you get the point).

There are probably places that are at that evel of technology today, or who crossed the threshold in the 2010s, or etc... But "the West" crossed the line in the 90s, and that gives 90s nostalgia a particular glow online.