In the 15 years since 2011, there are those of us who have been consistently let down by people we once considered heroes and inspirations. Google’s "don't be evil" mantra turned out to be vacuous at best, and wherever they’ve been able, they've sought to monopolise any space they enter or burn beloved products after they decided they didn't want to run them any more. Big companies with millions and billions of users have forced a set of complicated tools on a generation of software developers who think they need heavy machinery instead of simple tools.
Data has been sucked from us relentlessly. Seemingly well meaning folks celebrate shifts in the Overton window, and people excuse fascism, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and whatever else they can in an effort to provoke outrage and distract from their exploitation of entire populations to make a buck on a buck.
Trust has been eroded, and Walter Donovan’s message from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" rings true.
We’ve all been taken for a ride. Trust needs to be earned, not assumed.