It took me a couple of years (of barely paying attention) to realize they weren't being satirical.

Same with technology. I thought we were going to keep getting cool stuff like at the turn of the century. Everything now is ad tech in disguise.

When I see a carbonated ocean I'll agree Earth isn't flat

The earth isn't flat, but it will be soon.

While you were pretty late to the party by only realising that in your 30s, at least you got there (which a lot of people never do).

In her fifties she will start channeling her inner Cylon. "All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again."

Maybe the Fediverse is just the shape of things to come - our opinions are malleable, but given a choice people might gravitate towards better sources of information.

For example most people look at ads and think they're immune to advertising. Given an actual choice, they'd probably want the same experience but with no ads. They're going to use a website that works with the website(s) their friends use.

I kind of hold both positions at the same time. On one hand, I'm kinda disappointed that a lot of people don't know some things that I think they should. But on the other hand, we're also better-educated than in the past, and have much more access to information, and I think that things will continue to get better.