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Against the Cozy Web
The internet of today is a battleground. The idealism of the ’90s web is gone. The web 2.0 utopia — where we all lived in rounded filter bubbles of happiness — ended with the 2016 Presidential election when we learned that the tools we thought were only life-giving could be weaponized too. The public and semi-public spaces we created to develop our... See more
Yancey Strickler • The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
Nadia described the Dark Forest as representing the next era of the internet — where we are now. Where instead of seeking to maximize status — which some of us still do — more of us find ourselves seeking safety and context online instead.
Yancey Strickler • The Dark Forest and the Post-Individual
In my characterization of the cozyweb I think I inadvertently suggested that it mostly comprises peace rooms formed by people who wanted to abandon the war-torn public web for private spaces where they could continue (or rediscover) more enriching peace-time pursuits, without retreating entirely offline to waldenponding. Certainly that was my motiv
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