Ethan Mollick says the open web may not exist in ten years, advises private Discords
emollick · x · 2026-10-31
NYT reporter Mike Isaac laments that Google is 'shredding' Reddit as his last source for human search results, asking whether the open web will even exist in ten years. Wharton professor Ethan Mollick replied pessimistically: 'Sadly, I think the answer is no'—and offered a personal workaround: join private Discords with real humans and hold the line there.
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