
The more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible

The beautiful thing about the internet is that it's still a wild frontier. The physical frontiers of our world are largely mapped and tamed. But the digital frontier is endless, and it's always open to settlers seeking better ways forward. We are all free to venture forth, follow our curiosity and aliveness, direct our attention in new ways, and... See more
rob hardy • The more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible
Many of us yearn for a way to be fully online without all of the mindlessness, passivity and addiction that often entraps us. Some of us oscillate between fully online and fully offline in a sort of mad dance to establish what feels right. Others have lost hope that it’s possible to engage in a way that feels true and alive, and have resigned to... See more
Dan Hunt • Internet as Practice
I’ve been fascinated with how the Internet can be used to form beautiful ephemeral moments of connection with the most unexpected kinds of people. This doc outlines an inquiry into how we create the conditions for those moments, how to cultivate and sustainably grow the intimate tiny internets we explore that protect us from the wide, scary,... See more
Spencer Chang • tiny internets: sidewalks, geocaching, and more · tiny internets
tiny internets is a research inquiry attempting to answer the question:
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What does a more natural, soft, and quiet internet look like, one where the public spaces are actively shaped by us to not only use but live in?
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How do we facilitate serendipitous intimacy on the internet?... See more
How do we make people aware that they are co-inhabiting a space
Patricia Mou • [non-paywalled issue] The Rabbit Hole 🕳🐇 issue no.34
people still carve out community in the most hostile of places and subvert platforms to create space for human-first desires. We create solidarity infrastructure out of text chains, subvert government control through form submissions, and carve intimate sanctuaries in the comment sections and profiles of algorithmically controlled wastelands. We... See more