[ehnto]

> This for-profit internet is just really such a parallel universe to me.

I know I have been a contrary commentor in this thread, but I hear you with this. What a monster we have built, and what always gets me is how trivial everything is. So much capital is flowing through these ephemeral software systems that, if gone tomorrow, would be ultimately inconsequential to mankind.

[grishka]

I mean it's ridiculous to think about it, but there's this giant, many-billion-dollar online marketing industry that I essentially don't exist for. If it's gone tomorrow, I would indeed not notice, but it'd be the end of the world for some.

> and what always gets me is how trivial everything is

Whenever I read about corporations and how they work, I always inevitably ask myself the question "where the hell does enough work to keep this many people busy even come from". Everything is ridiculously overengineered to meet imaginary deadlines.