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kimthealan101 t1_j1pzyyv wrote

In the 80s we could not have predicted what the internet would do to society.

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greatdrams23 t1_j1q1y3k wrote

Pete Townshend predicted in 1970, only he called it The Grid. This included great social disharmony brought about by young people sitting at home and never going out, but instead communicating over the grid. "Teenage wasteland".

Also Horizontal Man by William Spencer, 1965.

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kimthealan101 t1_j1q8por wrote

Did either say people would be able to normalize their extreme views or terrorist would be able to easily recruit and coordinate activities to victimize society

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UniversalMomentum t1_j1u9x45 wrote

Oh yeah blame the kids instead of the adults and their radicalized news!

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wylei75 t1_j1q99mu wrote

The Internet?! Is that thing still around?

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