My perception is that the inflection points at which nerds soured have been political events: Edward Snowden, 2016 US Election, Brexit, Charlottesville, Myanmar, and Christchurch.
I don't see the common thread of these events pointing to a clash of nerds and jocks. It's just become an exercise in cognitive dissonance to preach "Singularity" gospel, while the world outside looks increasingly dystopian.
I agree with this, but I also can't help but think policies like this would result in much smaller and less commercially-driven internet. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it wouldn't result in the type of economic growth that high-tech countries are relying upon now, which is ultimately why I don't think we'll ever see something like this happening.
There's just too much money being made by not disclosing human vs bot users to make these kinds of proposals a reality. The internet really is a commercial tool first and foremost, and there's way too much vested interest in jeopardizing that.
Chill!
Ah luckily their "paywall" still doesn't mess with private browsing.
