Ben Cuan
@bencuan
trying to understand the internet
Ben Cuan
bencuan.me
Introducing Nopia
youtube.comA sense of dread as I see this. We are slowly seeing the end of the open web.
- AI search powered experiences take away clicks from high quality publishers in aggregate +
- Crawlbots from AI companies not playing by the rules
leading to
- High quality publishers are looking to... See more
Vivek Raghunathanx.com
Beyond that the wider internet just strikes me as a sad place. There is no energy there. The cracks in the wall are beginning to show.
The End of the Extremely Online Era
The mountains are molehills
And the molehills? They are lit — you ever hang out in a molehill? Moles go nuts man they party.
The world is is a tragic mess of nothings that feel like everything.
and everythings that feel like nothing.
And the molehills? They are lit — you ever hang out in a molehill? Moles go nuts man they party.
The world is is a tragic mess of nothings that feel like everything.
and everythings that feel like nothing.
well this is embarrassing
if you create titles, people start coveting them, and this ends up creating competitive politics inside the company that undermines internal unity. Better to just give everyone the same title and make them go focus on the goal instead.
There is no place for self-actualisation like the Internet. To put on and take off identities, personalities, interests, and styles with no cost at all and by simply lifting a pointer finger. This has generally been considered an advantage of the Internet. I’d argue it is not. It feeds an instinct that has been trained in us from marketing... See more
