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The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding | John Naughton
To have a world not dominated by the internet, they will say, would mean changing everything. Yes, precisely.
Jonathan Crary • Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World
The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences
Edwin Wongtheverge.com
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
Extinction Internet
Geert Lovink discusses the decline of internet culture, highlighting issues like entropy and platform dominance, while emphasizing the need for alternatives, degrowth, and a collective reimagining of digital spaces for a sustainable future.
networkcultures.org
The third era of the web is about righting the ship. Social capital becomes economic capital. Value no longer accumulates to brokers and intermediaries.