Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits

Honey, how you grew

And if we stick together who knows what we'll do

It was always the plan

To put the world in your hands

> those aged 55 and above are proportionately more positive than younger people about the internet's impact on civilization

The same is probably true across other technology topics as well. I don't think anyone should be surprised. People that age neither give a rat's ass about the future nor do they deeply understand these technologies or use them as extensively.

The mid-to-late 20th century also conditioned them to believe absurdly optimistic fantasies that never really came true. They were assuaged with trite statements like "well not in your lifetime, but someday soon". There are huge differences between witnessing invention and mass adoption vs refinement. This century so far has largely been modest refinement and even bigger lies.

That is exactly what the old foggies in their fucking government wanted, right?