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I Want the "Rich Guys Internet"

I Want the "Rich Guys Internet"

Here's a quick outline of a "rich guys Internet", one where it costs money to participate but the payoff is a 10-fold improvement in the user experience.

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Sep 19, 2024
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That the Internet is now a toxic garbage dump is self-evident. Consider that Cloudflare Reports that Almost 7% of All Internet Traffic Is Malicious. This is akin to inflation, where the official 2.5% inflation rate has stripped us of at least 25% of the value of our wages--the cumulative impact is an order of magnitude greater than the headline number.

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