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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/05/2026

That fiber is ready to be lit up and bring the people nearby into the 21st century. Fiber, after all, is *amazing*, literally *thousands* of times better than copper *or* 5G *or* Starlink: pluralistic.net/2026/04/07/s... 14/

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Pluralistic: Switzerland’s Goldilocks fiber (07 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/05/2026

Even though Enron's CEO Ken Lay and Worldcom's CEO Bernie Ebbers both received prison sentences after their fraud was revealed, the bubbles never stopped, and indeed, they only got worse. 15/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/05/2026

AI is the biggest bubble in human history, worse even than the South Sea Bubble: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_S... And like those earlier bubbles, some of our modern bubbles will leave behind nothing, while others will leave behind some productive residue. 16/

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South Sea Company - Wikipedia

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