Graydon says, "I miss the past," but that's not it. I miss the future I thought we were working towards. What happened to that??

@noracodes I think they somehow converted into the corporations as the alien series. I don't believe they were like Dr. Evil in James Bond or Austin Powers movies, just plotting for world domination since the beginning. For example, I don't see Mark Zuckerberg planning to be the next Lex Luthor when he dropped school. I think they fall into darkness like the Nazguls with the ring, without knowing it

@epistomai I mean, Zuckerberg was absolutely a power-hungry misogynist when he dropped out of school. I'm sure it's gotten worse, but as the poem goes, "the roots of sin are there."

@noracodes Oh yes, absolutely. He ain't a saint or something close to it, but power enhances corruption. That's the point of lord of the rings and The ring of the nibelungs