From Counterculture to Cyberculture
Back in 2014, Balaji Srinivasin wrote: An infinity of subcultures outside the mainstream now blossoms on the Internet—vegans, body modifiers, CrossFitters, Wiccans, DIYers, Pinners, and support groups of all forms. Millions of people are finding their true peers in the cloud, a remedy for the isolation imposed by the anonymous apartment complex or ... See more
Rex Woodbury • The Internet Killed Mainstream Culture
However, at a time when IBM and the Soviet government declined to develop the personal computer, hobbyists like the members of the California Homebrew Computer Club resolved to do it by themselves. It was a conscious ideological decision, influenced by the 1960s counterculture with its anarchist ideas of power to the people and libertarian distrust
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
On another level, the story of the New Internet is a story of individuals and their psychologies. Over the last decade, technology workers have opened themselves up to a tremendous amount of value drift (the process in which previously steadfast values are compromised over time).
Bryan Lehrer • What Happened to the New Internet?
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
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