Axios: End of internet’s golden era

 End of internet’s golden era
 
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Google’s overhaul of the search bar this week washes away one of the last vestiges of the internet’s halcyon era — when search tools felt empowering, social media and swiping were novel, and popular disillusionment had yet to set in, Axios’ Neal Rothschild writes.

Why it matters: The AI era and the TikTok-ification of social media have produced a digital world that’s responsive to today’s market demands, and unrecognizable from a decade ago.🖼️ 

The big picture: Americans’ trust in Big Tech has plunged over the past 15 years, forcing drastic shifts from the status quo alongside technological advancements.

The share of Americans with a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in tech companies was only 24% in 2025, down from 32% in 2020, according to Gallup polling.

Between 2015 and 2019, the share of Americans who said tech companies have a positive effect on the country plunged from 71% to 50%, according to Pew polling.

Go back even further, and tech companies topped a 2010 Pew poll of the most favorable institutions, on par with small business.Share this story.
    
 
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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