Ben Cuan
@bencuan
trying to understand the internet
Ben Cuan
bencuan.me
Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year Is…
nytimes.com
I want a new internet, one that feels like ours.
Spencer • our internet [tiny internets 01]
Goals Set the Line Between Ambition & Enjoyment
substack.com
The widespread TikTok-ification of all social apps is quite striking (and sad!) Literally, all apps (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, etc) have become one click away to an infinite stream of viral videos, playing non-stop.
The ratio of mindless consumption to building something meaningful on computing devices now... See more
Akshay Kotharix.comIn the early days of the internet, one of the first search engines, Yahoo!, hired “surfers,” people with particularly niche interests, to record and catalog new websites by hand. In those days, each site was crafted by hand by a person. Each site had a face you could see, and if desired, email.
