The internet is already over
The author makes a lot of witty, erudite References – a method that has annoyingly become popular and is often mistaken as &quot;good writing&quot; –  but I think he has missed a simple and obvious truth: culture is determined by fashion. Not fashion as in clothing, but fashion as in ideas and things that are trendy for a time then fade away, replaced by the next thing. The next thing is often an indirect reaction to the previous thing. Sometimes it&#x27;s the exact opposite.<p>Culture has been <i>very online</i> for the last decade and <i>extremely online</i> for the last 3 years. We are just witnessing a cultural shift away from this and toward ideas like <i>real, physical, human, touch, outside, present, etc.</i> being trendy. The Internet isn&#x27;t &quot;over&quot;, it&#x27;s just adapting to a new cultural fashion. The technological immaturity of stuff like VR is also a factor.<p>By 2040, we&#x27;ll all be extremely online again.