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Everyone's wondering if, and when, the AI bubble will pop. Here's what went down 25 years ago that ultimately burst the dot-com boom | Fortune

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:49:43 +0000

The question facing investors today isn’t whether AI will transform the economy—most experts agree it will. The question is whether current valuations and infrastructure investments can be justified by near-term returns, or whether, like the fiber-optic cables of the 1990s, much of today’s AI infrastructure will sit unused while the market awaits demand to catch up with supply. As history shows, even transformative technologies can’t escape the gravitational pull of economics—so while the internet did change the world, it didn’t happen as quickly as some of its early champions promised, and several of those people who got ahead of themselves were humbled in the process.

Tags: #ai #bubbles #dotcom #economy #history #llms

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Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:25:59 +0000

"THE DOT COM ERA IS OVER. GET OFF MY SHELF, HIPPIE FREAK!"

Tags: #apple #apple2 #appleii #dotcom #for:osunick #for:stlhood #funny #hardware #imac #images #oldschool #retro

Reasons Behind Yahoo!'s Four-Year Slump | Investing News | Print Financial & Investing Articles | TheStreet.com

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:12:28 +0000

Tags: #business #culture #decline #dotcom #management #web20 #yahoo

Nostalgia - Laughing Meme

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:12:29 +0000

Tags: #2000 #bust #darkages #dotcom #nethistory #socialsoftware #socialweb #web #web20 #webdev

Salon Technology | Howl.com

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:22:10 +0000

"I saw the best minds of my occupation destroyed by venture capital, burned-out, paranoid, postal,"

Tags: #dotcom #ginsberg #howl #parody #web10 #web20

Anne 2.1 » Blog Archive » How to Get Out of Your Funk A-Listers: Stop Thinking About Money

Tue, 22 May 2007 23:17:47 +0000

"Give me a chance to play with new technology, a bunch of smart online buddies, some money to pay the bills, and I’m happy. For a lot of us, it’s not about the money. It is STILL about the technology and more money floating around doesn’t change tha

Tags: #dotcom #money #web20