I once read about an approximation of novel experiences in life. It went something like: in your first year of life, you experience 100% new things, second year 50%, nth year 1/n % new experiences. By this calculation, assuming a life expectancy of about 80, the middle of your life, by experiences, would be around 20.<p>Sure, the internet is in many ways less diverse than it used to be. But aforementioned effect might also be in play: as we get older, it becomes increasingly harder to have novel experiences. Take note also of the "seen it all"-attitude in the beginning of the post.<p>It's a nice thought-experiment regardless. It might theoretically be possible for an AI to "live" on the internet and perhaps manipulate us or something. Fun thing is, the west would believe it's the east, and the east would assume it's the west doing it. So in that hostility and non-openess of the "world powers" may be found some shade for another entity to hide.