> Great job, we took something that was meant to be a next frontier in humanity and let anyone connect with anyone else without gatekeepers/intermediaries
We already had that, it's called shortwave radio. The internet, especially as it's implemented and as it's used, is a terrible way to achieve this. It's service providers the whole way down.
It would be funny if HAM radio came back because the social filter imposed by the limitations wound up being more important than the technological capability.
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> It's service providers the whole way down.
And still likely better than heavily regulated airwaves.
There are definitely problems, but IRC in the 90s had strong ham radio vibes imo.