I'm old enough to remember when the sci-fi notion of a disembodied computer voice waking you up in the morning, knowing enough about you to strike up a conversation, and accompanying you through your daily routine sounded wonderful.
Now it gives me chills. That old wonderful dream is actually possible now if I turned off all my malware blockers and let :lord-bezos-amused: fully into my home.
Countries getting IMF loans. Used to buy into the premise that poor countries needed "development" and that we were gracious enough to provide it to them so they could join us in the wonders of the 21st century. Then I became a communist and learned that actually the IMF was used to reverse decolonization by razing the economy and burying the recipient under mountains of debt so they'd always be subservient to the first world.
I fell for the "micro loan in poor countries" propaganda. :deeper-sadness: