He truly did set us on our current path. It’s incredible to think that practically all of the culture that I’ve engaged with has taken place in a post 9/11 world. Nearly all of the major tech companies that dominate our daily lives did not exist pre 9/11 or at least not in their current incarnation. Most of the technologies that are now integral to our daily lives didn’t exist at all and even the ones that did were incredibly niche. The advent of mass surveillance of the populace by corporations and government, deployment to and perpetual engagement in the ME, and the rapid exposure and acceptance of practices we previously would have found to be abominable is astonishing.
9/11 begs to differ. That day was the beginning of the end.
What did Sandy Berger steal from the National Archives after 911? Stuffing documents down his fucking pants!
He truly did set us on our current path. It’s incredible to think that practically all of the culture that I’ve engaged with has taken place in a post 9/11 world. Nearly all of the major tech companies that dominate our daily lives did not exist pre 9/11 or at least not in their current incarnation. Most of the technologies that are now integral to our daily lives didn’t exist at all and even the ones that did were incredibly niche. The advent of mass surveillance of the populace by corporations and government, deployment to and perpetual engagement in the ME, and the rapid exposure and acceptance of practices we previously would have found to be abominable is astonishing.