Conde Nast the next VICE

professor rat pro2rat at yahoo.com.au
Tue May 16 05:05:42 PDT 2023


Looking back on WIRED coverage of cypherpunks is like looking over the Grand Canyon.
They used to feature regular semi-sympathetic stories and had an ' embed ' here in the form of Declan.

Then - after 9-11 -  they followed Eric Hughes in an unseemly rush for the exits and dropped coverage for years.

In recent years they've had to cover c-punks once more due to the successful deployment of cryptoanarchist ENOUGH technologies like cryptocurrencies -  but they send all their previous articles down the memory hole when they elevate the likes of Poxie Fish-hook or worse . . . Douglas Rushkoff and Malcolm Harris!  Jesus Fucking Christ.

The overall sinking trend is clear - they had a chance to lead and blew it - blew it so badly they may now be compared to WaPo and VICE. Failing and flailing this bad might even be compared to the NYT and Wikileaks.

TL/dr?  They're old  - we're young - and such is life.


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