Our New Era

Well, personally, I consider myself to be part of the end of the second wave.

The question of when the second wave ended and the third (or perhaps even the fourth) began is quite debatable. If the first wave was around 1980, then the internet at that time was probably very rudimentary. By 1985, it had become slightly less so. In the 1990s, a significant number of people interested in the internet were able to access it. By 1999-2000, the internet became almost universally accessible, but a stable connection was still an issue. In 2002, the internet was opened to everyone, and by 2005, it was completely accessible to all. Social networks like Odnoklassniki and VKontakte were just around the corner, and by 2008, the internet had become what it is today. This is just my opinion, of course (based on what I know)... and each of these dates could almost be considered a new wave.

Overall, I prefer the prospect of cyberpunk slums to the prospect of surviving a nuclear catastrophe in Vault 13.