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- the point of life is other people. I agree with David Rudnick’s diagnosis that we’ve moved from “digital dualism,“ falsely asserting the Internet was “not real life,” to what he calls “digital prime,” realizing the Internet is perhaps the most space we have. But this means there will be a new insistence that URL serve IRL—not replace it.
from The Tinderization of the Internet by Sean Monahan
sari added
- We’ve been exploring tech-enabled IRL, both on the “online to offline” origination side and using tech to make IRL experiences more impactful. Pre-COVID, IRL was definitely experiencing a comeback, and we expect this to resume in the future. Localization is a big theme for us, as we believe that local relationships have far greater potential to dri... See more
from Investor survey results: Upcoming trends in social startups by Arman Tabatabai
sari added
With TV, we at least understood ourselves to be passive observers of the screen, but the interactive nature of the internet fostered the illusion that message boards, Discord servers, and Twitter feeds are digital “places” where we can in fact hang out. If nothing else, this is a trick that gets us to stick around longer. A better analogy for onlin
... See morefrom It's Time to Lie Down and Be Counted by Drew Austin
alexi gunner added
- I both agree and disagree with Zuckerberg; on one hand, I think he is absolutely correct that using “the real world” to only apply to the physical world is a mistake. Think back to those communities I described above that provide so much meaning to my life: those are almost completely online, but the sense of belonging is very real to me. Or think ... See more
from The Great Bifurcation by stratechery.com
sari added
- Digital platforms used to bring our physical lives online, but now that we have uniquely digital experiences and relationships, we don’t have products that let us successfully bring those offline.
from Betting on Consumer Tech’s Tokenized Future ft. Gaby Goldberg by Sari Azout
Mark Fishman and added
- Where I disagree is with the idea that the physical world and the digital world are increasingly “being overlaid and coming together”; in fact, I think the opposite is happening: the physical world and digital world are increasingly bifurcating. Again, to use myself as an example, my physical reality is defined by my life in Taiwan with my family; ... See more
from The Great Bifurcation by stratechery.com
sari added
- Digital discourse creates a game-like structure in our perception of reality. For everything that happens, every fact we gather, every interpretation of it we provide, we have an ongoing ledger of the “points” we could garner by posting about it online. Sometimes, something will happen in real life that provides such an outstanding move in the game... See more
from Reality Is Just a Game Now — The New Atlantis by Jon Askonas
Stuart Evans added
something I try to keep in mind when writing about online communities is that they’re (usually) filled with real, complex people. They’re not just weird introverts or shut-ins or people trying to escape reality.
from Lessons From 19 Years in the Metaverse by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added