☆彡CYBER UTOPIA- Early Internet Yearnings, Issue 1 ☆彡

(∈^▽ﾟ)☆ Issue 1: Life in the Circuit du Soleil://

☆彡Welcome to Cyber Utopia—My personal trove of internet history, cyber culture ramblings, and thoughts regarding the everchanging state of the internet and technology as a whole! This tier of Cyber Utopia will feature a weekly—give or take—reflection on perpetual internet chaos, media (games, films, music, blogs etc.) recommendations that reflect cyberpunk themes or other nostalgic internet themes, and whatever else comes to mind. ☆彡

As a precursor, I’d like to apologize for being an aging nerd, but I am sometimes a bit baffled by the resurgence of “Y2K”, or more so the misinterpretation of what the term ultimately theorizes and the representation of it in popular media. The internet has largely become a chain of iterations of iterations of snippets of past cultural phenomenon. Now, every coin has two sides; while there is a wider appreciation of what has become a vague amalgamation of the 1990s and 2000s, there is so much unexplored cyber territory. The kids don’t know how to surf the web!

Modern social media is, of course, a large contributor to less naturally forged cultural and self-exploration. The question is how to inspire a sense of personal curiosity in younger generations that has gradually dissipated over the years. The concept of cool is becoming increasingly condensed to a TikTok trend or a YouTube video essay stemming from the content of lesser known creators, academics, and impassioned hobbyists. This rant isn’t an effort to shame those who enjoy TikTok or YouTube summaries—nothing of the sort really. The excitable, perpetually curious hamster instead of my skull merely wants others, of all ages, to experience the liberation of self-exploration and discovery.

The world never felt more significant and conquerable than when I was 12 years old with what seemed to be the entirety of time illuminating my eyes when I should’ve been asleep. A person should never feel so stifled by aesthetic trends, and labels that are entirely finite. Every version of yourself that could exist, can exist. Well, to an extent of course. But guys, did you know that you can be a different you whenever you want? There are few rules to identity, and even less so on a vast sea of ethernet. It’s never too late for that emo phase. It’s never too late to explore a dead blog or pop culture forum from 2006.

☆彡EARLY INTERNET REFLECTIONS (09/15/24) ☆彡