The interviewer&#x27;s perspective was no less prophetic about the current reality. The internet is mostly a tool to spread the same old media type of content, just more and faster. A lot more America&#x27;s Favorite Home videos and niche channels than were possible before. A lot more spam, gossip and passing notes, which is not very alien.<p>Engelbart also thought we would get somewhere alien. He underestimated the power of the mainstream.