@cstross
> …What survivors from the glorious-future-that-wasn't would you like to memorialize in this shared fictional nightmare?
VRML. VR chat catches on; it works well enough over the 9600 baud network and chatting with blocky avatars across the globe is novel enough that the VR market never goes fully bust.
And Java. Except it's called Oak. It runs on cable set top boxes and VR headsets and DVD players.
Monkey's paw: global disinfo and political polarization via VR chat; OakWorms malware