Everything looks bad if you remember it

Wikipedia will go down in history as one of the most influential inventions of the 00s (is that how you signify the decade 2000-2010?) The concept is great: Information for the public--by the public, centralized, and completely free. My main critique from the beginning was also the most obvious one: people are idiots, and democracy doesn't work. I predicted poorly-written articles full of hearsay and conjecture and a prevalent amount of vandalism from the throngs of internet punks out there. To my surprise however, many of the articles are coherent, backed up by reputable sources, and virtually unblemished by immaturity. This, of course, made me rethink people in general. I guess they enjoy working for a common good. Adding to something so vast and popular must make them feel important and purposeful. Unfortunately, idiots too think they are important and purposeful.

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...And that's where I stopped writing. I had saved the above text as a draft of a post I wrote on December 14th. It was supposed to be a sort of preamble to a point to which I was culminating. Now, looking back on this, I have no idea what that point was. Something on Wikipedia perked my interests, and now, pending any sudden improvement to my sub par memory, it will never resurface. Like the pudding in a can without a ring, the purpose of this post will be trapped forever. I had a brief hope that Firefox cached my history for that day, but alas, it too has a fleeting memory. Now I can only end this entry by rambling about my mistakes. Maybe next time I will write myself a note, or god forbid, finish what I started. But until then, I am not sorry, but deeply depressed.