Why the internet will fail (from 1995)

This is a great read. Here’s my favorite part:

Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised instant catalog shopping–just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet–which there isn’t–the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.

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    This is a great read. Here’s my favorite part:
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    Siempre he preferido Wired a Newsweek.
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    was 4 years old when they said this, probably listening...The Beatles… three years later...
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    I used to hear how the internet is just a cute little niche and will amount to nothing more but a toy for nerds. Then...
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    They did get one thing right: “The Usenet, a worldwide bulletin board, allows anyone to post messages across the nation....
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    Interestingly, the downfalls of the internet listed in this article actually are viewed as positives today. I almost...
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    bwwaaaahahahahaha dummies