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The Nineties: A Book
The New Internet that's in question here probably began to coalesce in the early 2010s. At first, it emerged slowly, stewing in the public discontent that grew out of an increasingly powerful and extractive tech sector. Just as much as it was a professional stance, the reaction was a visceral one. Many users of the internet were beginning to notice
... See moreBryan Lehrer • What Happened to the New Internet?
Kid A didn’t register as a warning about the dangers of the online world back then. It was an invitation to a place that seemed better than the one you were in. We argued with strangers for fun. We laughed until our heads came off. And we swallowed till we burst.
Steven Hyden • This Isn't Happening
But like, the internet used to be a place! Or at least it was for me. I love how the internet exposes the weird and funny things about being a person alive in the world. TikTok is especially good at that. But I do think the internet used to be a lot weirder. Certainly more specific. It used to be a place you’d go for a specific interest. Now it is ... See more
Charlie Warzel • How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis
Sometimes she listened to Kissing to Be Clever on her Walkman, but the device used up its AA batteries almost instantaneously. Rewinding Boy George cassettes was like smoking clove cigarettes inside an oxygen tent: diminishing returns.
Chuck Klosterman • Downtown Owl: A Novel
the functional disparity between that bygone era and the one we now inhabit is vast and quirky—I