I can easily imagine that *I* will find some of those post-bubble tools useful, and that in 20 years I will still be using them, just as today, I am still using some of those early post-dotcom bubble services and tools.
And despite all that, *IT IS NOT WORTH IT*.
The residue that is left behind by *every* bubble is subsidized, but that subsidy doesn't come from the deep-pocketed investors who are gripped by "irrational exuberance."
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Cory Doctorow
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