With the US Supreme Court upending decades of precedent, an assassination attempt on the campaign trail, and now an election cycle that is sending polling firms into fits, there is a need for some self-reflection. The web in which all this narrative and culture has played out was created by ‘web-scalers’ – software and platform firms that initially existed solely ‘over the top’ of other operators’ networks. These days, the likes of Facebook and Netflix have invested billions into their own network infrastructure, such was the scale of their success. But mobile devices are the primary way that consumers interact with online culture, and while metaverse investors want you to believe that a virtual reality is going to be the…