Why we're sleepwalking straight into a cyberpunk dystopia:

Early Internet was a DIY anarchy with dial-up. Pseudonyms, forums, weird websites, hope. Protocols > platforms. Gatekeepers were bored sysadmins.

Now? Platforms gobbled the web entirely. Ads ate platforms. And Algorithms ate your attention. Surveillance is the business model. Your privacy settings are a suggestion box sent to the warden.