The more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible

That’s why Are.na is so refreshing, and so noteworthy. At every turn, it exemplifies this sense of generative generosity and thoughtful, user-first design. Built as a place to think, gather, reflect, and build bridges between ideas alongside others doing the same, it’s one of the only digital spaces where my mind feels enriched instead of deadened;... See more

It empowers us to be worldbuilders. To create, for one another, the worlds we want to live in. To build spaces that encourage us to be more full and more whole — for strangers and for neighbors, for friends and for people on the internet we have never and will never meet.

The ultimate, hidden truth of the internet is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.” Maybe we should stop publishing essays encouraging companies and people to divest from the open web and instead show how they could contribute to a rich and sprawling public internet.

The web is what we make it