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illustration contrasting a neon-outlined cyberpunk man in retro VR gear with a glowing AI-generated female figure, symbolizing the clash between 1990s tech culture and modern AI disruption.

The Echo Chamber of Now: Why Today's Disruption Screams Louder Than the '90s (And Who's Listening?)

Silhouette of a USAFA cadet in service dress facing right, “A Jedi Standoff at the Air Force Academy – The kind of battle no war college prepares you for"

The Jedi Standoff

A father and his adult son prepare to ride bikes into the sunrise across the Burning Man desert. The older man gestures forward, passing down tradition under a glowing sky.

We Ride Together: Passing the Torch at Burning Man 2025

A beige 1990s CRT monitor displaying the Mosaic web browser with terminal commands for SLIP tunneling below the page.

Surfing the Web in 1993: How I Ran Mosaic Over Dial-Up with a CRL.net Shell Account

AOL floppy disk labeled Eternal September with text: When AOL changed the internet forever in 1993

The September That Never Ended: How AOL Changed the Internet Forever in 1993

When memcpy Betrays You: A Lesson in Overlapping Buffers and Ancient Toolchains

When memcpy Betrays You: A Lesson in Overlapping Buffers and Ancient Toolchains