Great post @denmarkguy, and I can agree with everything, although in the 90's I was busy trying to fight my demons
And staying high or drunk or both all the time, the internet was not part of my paradigm.
I started taking 'Computer Networking' in 2000 at a local Technical College; dropped out due to poor attendance, lost my house and the bottom was gone for years.
But I eventually emerged, went to Facebook of course, then discovered Tsū;
after 18 months of working, creating content etc I was within $20 of being able to cash out when overnight,
the whole platform went POOF and all our funds went with it.
I was devastated and almost didn't join Steemit because of that.
I'm glad I did.