Remember when that used to be a term used by old and middle aged people to describe the internet? Like the word “teen,” I’m pretty sure it was never used by anyone younger than 20 except in cases when they were trying to win some VC funding from 40-somethings in baseball caps.
Here is visual proof (source: Google) that almost no one says “information superhighway” any more:
Hmm, too bad Google Insights only has data back to 2004. I’m sure that the true peak was in the late 1990’s — closer to the time when Al Gore invented the term, and, according to him, what it refers to.
Someone should invent Al Gore Insights and load it with all the thoughts he’s ever had.