The Smart Web does exist (but it needs your support)
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The Smart Web does exist (but it needs your support)
It’s for those who want to question the online status quo and explore the possibilities of the internet, perhaps even envision a future where we finally understand the effects of spam, clickbait and attention-sapping media.
Damian Bradfield • The Trust Manifesto: What you Need to do to Create a Better Internet
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
The internet as we know it today reliably brings out the worst in us. Our platforms incentivize the shallow and new, and our algorithms amplify outrage and despair. The result is an information landscape that keeps us fearful, hopeless, disconnected. It's like a virus that keeps humanity trapped in a destructive emotional state, keeping us at war w... See more
Sari Azout • A year in review
For tech giants, the long period of open internet evolution is over. Their internet is not an ecosystem. It’s a zoo.