To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. The internet used to be a place we visited. Websites like MySpace, Geocities, and even YouTube allowed people to express themselves. This video goes over how we came to hate the modern internet. It goes over the homogenization of the internet, the harmful algorithms that we interact with everyday, and the AI overtaking that's happening. The old internet was the wild west where nostalgic, small websites were made by hobbyists and freaks. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. #commentary #internet #y2k #nostalgia